bookishmillennial 's review for:

The Wife App by Carolyn Mackler

challenging emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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General disclaimer if you’ve read other reviews by me and are noticing a pattern: You’re correct that I don’t really give starred reviews, I feel like a peasant and don’t like leaving them and most often, I will only leave them if I vehemently despised a book. Thus, no stars doesn’t indicate that the book wasn’t worthy of any starred system. It just means I enjoy most books for what they are, & I extract lessons from them all, even if the lesson is that I’m a ho for the smut, recognizing a genre/book/author is not for me, or confronting my own mommy/daddy issues lol. Everyone’s reading experiences are subjective, so I hope my reviews provide enough information to let you know if a book is for you or not. Happy reading! Find me on Instagram: @bookish.millennial

• contemporary fiction
• three friends drunkenly think of an idea to monetize the free labor that wives/mothers do
• this is Carolyn's first adult novel, & I found the premise to be intriguing but I would have liked possibly one third-person POV instead of three 
• I can't stand that the patriarchy is this strong, that I felt like the men in this book authentically represented millions of cishet men globally -- how sad is that? NoT aLL mEn but honestly, enough/majority of them.... Idk, maybe Thanos had it right but he just needed to direct it at 99% of the cishet male population, just my .02 :)
• cw: misogyny, infidelity, sexism, classism, toxic relationships

I'd say this is a fun little beach read because you can read a few chapters, set it down without having to know what happens next & then pick it back up on the airplane ride home. It's an easy enough premise to follow, & you're rooting for the main character's success.