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A review by hellishlyawkward
Due Diligence by Anna Zabo
3.0
Meh. The relationship problems felt contrived just to drive the story.
Regardless of his confidence issues, it doesn’t ring true to me that Fazil would never have raised the topic of Todd cheating in high school. The story clearly says they used to fight and make up a lot. Seems highly implausible the supposed cheating was never brought up.
Also, why would all those people from high school be giving detailed accounts of being intimate with Todd when it never happened? I think only one of those was explained as being a closeted friend of his, but it’s super weird Todd would let that story circulate and not discuss it with Fazil. All of that just seemed silly.
Was also frustrating that Todd kept expecting Fazil to move. It didn’t make any sense when the most basic reasoning was applied. It’s not like Todd loved his job, the company, or his horrible colleagues. And again the lack of straightforward, open confrontation between them about it was just annoying and didn’t feel organic. It just felt like what it was - a poorly arranged snag to drag the story out for longer.
Regardless of his confidence issues, it doesn’t ring true to me that Fazil would never have raised the topic of Todd cheating in high school. The story clearly says they used to fight and make up a lot. Seems highly implausible the supposed cheating was never brought up.
Also, why would all those people from high school be giving detailed accounts of being intimate with Todd when it never happened? I think only one of those was explained as being a closeted friend of his, but it’s super weird Todd would let that story circulate and not discuss it with Fazil. All of that just seemed silly.
Was also frustrating that Todd kept expecting Fazil to move. It didn’t make any sense when the most basic reasoning was applied. It’s not like Todd loved his job, the company, or his horrible colleagues. And again the lack of straightforward, open confrontation between them about it was just annoying and didn’t feel organic. It just felt like what it was - a poorly arranged snag to drag the story out for longer.