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A review by bookph1le
It's Always the Husband by Michele Campbell
3.0
This book was a mixture of engrossing portraits of characters bundled with some serious flaws that undermined the good aspects. Some spoilers to follow.
This is one of those books where pretty much every character is a terrible person—and that was what I really enjoyed about it. I watched the story unfold with suck fascination, unable to understand why any of these people wanted anything to do with one another, particularly Kate. She is such an awful human I couldn’t understand why everyone fell all over themselves for her, and I didn’t buy the book’s explanation that she was just so charismatic no one could resist her.
Which feeds into the bad aspects of the book. Owen is such a bad character, and his actions make no sense. How could spending a couple of hours with some rando be enough to convince you to jeopardize your own career? He felt like such a caricature.
Lastly, the epilogue to this book was just straight-up bad, IMO. It felt like an afterthought tacked on in order to tie up all the loose ends.
This is one of those books where pretty much every character is a terrible person—and that was what I really enjoyed about it. I watched the story unfold with suck fascination, unable to understand why any of these people wanted anything to do with one another, particularly Kate. She is such an awful human I couldn’t understand why everyone fell all over themselves for her, and I didn’t buy the book’s explanation that she was just so charismatic no one could resist her.
Which feeds into the bad aspects of the book. Owen is such a bad character, and his actions make no sense. How could spending a couple of hours with some rando be enough to convince you to jeopardize your own career? He felt like such a caricature.
Lastly, the epilogue to this book was just straight-up bad, IMO. It felt like an afterthought tacked on in order to tie up all the loose ends.