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audiobooksandcoffee's review against another edition
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.25
noranne's review against another edition
You know the cliche pretentious literary book where a middle-aged man has a crisis and an affair with a woman young enough to be his daughter? That's this book but gender swapped, and I like it as little as I like the OG version. DNFing at 43%.
Lou is a nonsense character that I did not buy for 1 second. Vincent is a self-absorbed idiot who uses her husband's mistakes as an excuse for an affair and is unreasonably jealous of both her husband and her lover, neither of whom (as far as I got) were the ones actually cheating...
Honestly I felt bad for the husband. Did he fuck up? Yeah, definitely. But he doesn't deserve to be strung along for months while his wife is texting him and not breaking up with him and sleeping with someone that she frequently compares to her son. Ew.
I toughed it out through the entire first section, which at least had the benefit of backstory unfurling and the main character having dilemmas. The second part started out so annoying that I'm out.
Lou is a nonsense character that I did not buy for 1 second. Vincent is a self-absorbed idiot who uses her husband's mistakes as an excuse for an affair and is unreasonably jealous of both her husband and her lover, neither of whom (as far as I got) were the ones actually cheating...
Honestly I felt bad for the husband. Did he fuck up? Yeah, definitely. But he doesn't deserve to be strung along for months while his wife is texting him and not breaking up with him and sleeping with someone that she frequently compares to her son. Ew.
I toughed it out through the entire first section, which at least had the benefit of backstory unfurling and the main character having dilemmas. The second part started out so annoying that I'm out.
mochimustreads's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity
jennaisrael's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
mwilsner's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Leesa Cross-Smith's writing feels like eating a blueberry that has been warmed in the sun, straight from the bush
renee_cress's review
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Just couldn’t get behind the main character’s complications.
jcblack's review
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
First book by this author. Absolutely beautiful writing!! I need some time to fully savor this story and decide how I want it to end in my mind.
joey1914's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
trippalli's review
2.0
It was ok. I didn't really enjoy the story which was about people having affairs and then leaving each other and having more..I mean it could be about refunding oneself but really they lost me when instead of just going to France and teaching at an amazing museum she instead falls in love and gets pregnant at 44 and forgets to renew her visa while her husband ( who she left because she was jealous of his sad teenage past love affair he never went back to but had a son with who he never knew) goes and buys her an Italian villa to apologize. What?
My favorite part was thinking about a color for a week in her art class. That was the best part
My favorite part was thinking about a color for a week in her art class. That was the best part
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Sexual content
ers407's review
5.0
Straight to the all time favorites list. This is some of the most beautiful writing I’ve ever read. I devoured the style of it. It so perfectly captures the complexity of life and relationships. I couldn’t recommend more.