A review by likeaduck
Come to Me by Amy Bloom

2.0

Melodrama and boundary-crossing, presented quietly, like you might not notice it's boundary-crossing. It's a big spectrum of topics and presented without judgement except from the POV characters, and I enjoy the study in nonjudgmental empathy, but it's weird for me to have adorable happy poly triads and gender exploration presented without comment next to adults perving on children and stepmon/teen stepson sex, and for so many medical providers to be dating or setting up their patients in a book by a psychotherapist. Like, I guess I like the nonjudgmental empathy but I can totally see why this book seems to appeal most to people with terrible boundaries (cough cough Jenny Schecter).

On my book club's advice I skipped the first story, read the rest, then returned to read the first one last. It was a better book that way, probably.