A review by mcrespo
My Husband by Maud Ventura

dark funny reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

truly, this novel was such an ode to all the girls who are yearnmaxxing, and not quite sure if it's the person you love but love itself. essentially, this novel is Ventura telling all of the nana komatsu-coded, love sick girls to stop orbiting around men like they're the sun. in this novel, you see just how the main character’s strange worshipper/god-like relationship with her husband chips away at her own well-being and self-identity. she is funny, relatable, deeply flawed, hypocritical, misogynistic, and insufferably privileged in a way some readers can find very annoying. however, Ventura seems to do the most wonderful job rooting us all back to the true issue in the epilogue of this novel. it was amusing, frighteningly relatable, and a good check in for the girls to remember that centering men is the destruction of a woman, and to stop viewing other women as competition. this novel has made me eager to read more of Ventura's work in the future. 
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