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After finishing this book, I was reading through some of the reviews, as one is wont to do, and it’s clearly very divisive. In a nutshell it’s about a woman named Sam who is in her early 50s, approaching menopause, having a mid-life crisis of sorts. This crisis is instigated by the election of Trump, but you can tell that Sam’s dissatisfaction with life has been brewing for a while. There’s a lot of political and social commentary woven into Sam’s own story as a mother, daughter, wife. What makes the book interesting and clearly divisive is the fact that Sam is an affluent, white, privileged woman. She clearly holds liberal viewpoints, but a lot of her actions contradict her beliefs. She’s also quite judgmental and has no character development throughout the whole novel. I think the reason why I enjoyed the book though was firstly because the writing is impeccable, but also I think the author is fully aware of what she’s doing. She’s not trying to make you sympathize with Sam—instead, she’s painted an accurate portrait.