charlotte_literat 's review for:

Unberechenbar by Dana Spiotta

DID NOT FINISH

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I did not finish but quit reading this book. It’s a bit like “And just like that” (the sex and the city reboot): we have a plus 50, financially stable, bored white woman try to tick every box of “wokeness” and “progressiveness” out there but it’s just pretentious and not very authentic - and problematic. Describing a woman as “exotic”, highlighting couples that are gay... And where’s the plot? The issue? I thought this book was about a woman becoming independent at last, breaking free and finding and struggling along her own path but instead it’s about her taking money from her husband to renovate a house in a wealthy town while being depressed about trump’s presidency and police brutality. Really, Karen?

I would have persisted longer and given it more pages to convince me there is more depth to it had the writing not been as flat and annoying as it is.