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A review by greyetal
Montauk by Nicola Harrison
4.0
This book follows Bea, a high society wife, as she struggles with the realities of her married life & discovering she doesn't relate to the women in her circle. Soon she finds herself helping the lighthouse keeper - and they start an affair.
I find books that are centered on affairs a bit tricky - it can be hard for me to fully root for the couple, even if in this one Beatrice does feel like she is in an inescapable situation at a time where woman are expected to behave. This book had a few other things going for it though - I loved Beatrice's relationships with her friends, the column she wrote anonymously for the newspaper, and the effort made to improve Montauk. Overall, I enjoyed it.
I find books that are centered on affairs a bit tricky - it can be hard for me to fully root for the couple, even if in this one Beatrice does feel like she is in an inescapable situation at a time where woman are expected to behave. This book had a few other things going for it though - I loved Beatrice's relationships with her friends, the column she wrote anonymously for the newspaper, and the effort made to improve Montauk. Overall, I enjoyed it.