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The Marriage Vendetta: A Novel by Caroline Madden
4.75
challenging funny inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

What an absolute delight! Never has
a "go fuck yourself"
felt so earned!

I'm so happy I picked this up, this was right up my alley: feminism, cynicism, and a heavy dosage of women behaving unethically. Madden does a perfect job guiding the main character through crisis, self-doubt and frustration, all the way to
an understanding of imbalanced gender dynamics and self-actualization
. Or, simply put, this is the kind of book that
will make women break up with their boyfriends
and I am here for it!

The only thing that feels a bit out of place is how the Ms Early plot was resolved – but I don't care too much because I also dig the ending.