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A review by jaklindberg
The Ferryman by Justin Cronin
Did not finish book. Stopped at 38%.
Proctor Bennett waxes poetic about his wife, how amazing she is, how in love he is with her, and the regularity of their sex life. Still, he cheats on her with a relative stranger (a 15-minute conversation over a cigarette plus a four-hour lunch does not make one familiar enough not to be strangers) when she goes on a business trip. Then, it turns out to be a dream state, so NBD shouldn't get mad at someone based on their dreams that would be irrational.
They wake up to find that in real life, he cheated on his grieving wife after the loss of their four-year-old child to drowning. It turns out the real-life affair partner is also pregnant, so. . nope. I'm done. That whole thing went out the window. Nothing turns me off from a story quicker than the garbage I read.
It is grossly unfair how Bennett gives the impression of familiarity of having sex with his wife with more fluid, respectful descriptions, but when it comes to affair partner, it's more fades to black to be more respectful of his time with her. Dude? WTF?
They wake up to find that in real life, he cheated on his grieving wife after the loss of their four-year-old child to drowning. It turns out the real-life affair partner is also pregnant, so. . nope. I'm done. That whole thing went out the window. Nothing turns me off from a story quicker than the garbage I read.
It is grossly unfair how Bennett gives the impression of familiarity of having sex with his wife with more fluid, respectful descriptions, but when it comes to affair partner, it's more fades to black to be more respectful of his time with her. Dude? WTF?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, and Infidelity