A review by c8_19
I Married You for Happiness by Lily Tuck

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

1.0

I did not believe this book to be affecting or riveting, and I wasn't even convinced the narrator and her husband, Philip, were ever really in love. Certainly they were in lust with each other, but everything either felt flat between them or paranoid, like the narrator was constantly doubting his faithfulness. Neither character was especially likeable, to me. Philip came across as terribly condescending, and both of them seemed to only be with each other because they didn't want to be alone.

One of my biggest issues with this book is that

the narrator gets raped by Philip's cousin (I think it was his cousin) and becomes pregnant as a result and gets an abortion--and it was, like, glossed over like the rape was no worse than having a minor accident and having to get stitches or something.

I could not believe how nonchalant that was presented in the book. Overall, it contributed to me feeling like this story didn't know what the hell it was doing. I finished and couldn't figure out what exactly the point was that was trying to be made.