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I haven’t finished this novel yet, so no inadvertent spoilers, but it is essentially a story about a wife discovering her husband’s affair and the fallout of it.

It is very affirmative of what we all know on the forums.

I’m not sure it’s literary value, most reviewers trashed it for being boring when it doesn’t have reason to resonate with you. But for all of us, it will resonate. My internal dialogue is essentially the same as the main characters.

[This message edited by concordiaburner at 3:43 PM, June 29th (Friday)]

My post will include spoilers!

I actually just attempted to read this simply because it was written by Sarah Pekkanen and I've loved so many of her books. I should have known this would be too triggery though and left it on the shelf. The author did a fantastic job of writing how it feels to be a BS but for me it just hit too close to home and it was too difficult of a read. The lies, the having to become an investigator to get the truth, and even her finding out via her WH's phone while in the car paralleled the first time I found out Asshat was cheating. Her WH reminded me of Asshat and how he seemed to crave attention from women. The WH couldn't say why he did it since he knew his wife was so much better, and more attractive, and he knew he would have kept going with the affair if he hadn't been caught. Maybe they glossed over him figuring out his reasons for the A and I was just flipping to the end at that time. I guess I still have to stay away from these types of books. I kept wanting to yell at the character, "Kick his ass out! Call a lawyer!"

I read the whole thing. The book does deal with the reasons underlying the affair at some point, I forget exactly where, but it is a core part of the book. Basically when the main characters gets over the shock of it and starts asking hard questions.