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A review by hellastrong
Like a House on Fire by Lauren McBrayer
2.0
halfway through: hating the protagonist more and more as this book goes on. hoping she either redeems herself or I re-find some empathy for her before the end.
marking everything else as a spoiler because, well, it probably is.
now finished, and
I suppose my relevant lens is that I'm a child of divorce. So the world in which this cheater decided to implode her family to be with her special sunshine just wasn't the world I'd have chosen. But let's be real: I was hating her throughout the book because she's a fucking terrible mother. Her husband is a fucking terrible father, too, don't get me wrong. He's worse than she is. But she's completely absent from her kids' lives, so self-absorbed and caught up in her creepy fucking creeper boss that she has NO energy or attention for the family that she chose to have.
And wtf is up with constantly reminding each other "oh we're not lesbians." The fuck, y'all.
Also I thought this whole scene was really rich:
Ummmmm ma'am did you ever stop to consider that YOU'VE been having an AFFAIR for months and oh hey, betcha haven't told Cory that either, have you?? Bite me with your righteous indignation; he's trying to do something for your family and you're checking out from that family more every day.
Just not the book for me. Giving this two stars rather than one because the writing was good. And I probably should've figured out that I wasn't going to like this type of story.
marking everything else as a spoiler because, well, it probably is.
now finished, and
Spoiler
omfg no. hate the ending, hate the protagonist, just, no.I suppose my relevant lens is that I'm a child of divorce. So the world in which this cheater decided to implode her family to be with her special sunshine just wasn't the world I'd have chosen. But let's be real: I was hating her throughout the book because she's a fucking terrible mother. Her husband is a fucking terrible father, too, don't get me wrong. He's worse than she is. But she's completely absent from her kids' lives, so self-absorbed and caught up in her creepy fucking creeper boss that she has NO energy or attention for the family that she chose to have.
And wtf is up with constantly reminding each other "oh we're not lesbians." The fuck, y'all.
Also I thought this whole scene was really rich:
Merit's vision was blurred with confusion and fury. Her brain tried to catch up.
Cory got a big promotion that he hadn't told her about.
Cory had been secretly saving money.
Cory bought a house without consulting her.
Ummmmm ma'am did you ever stop to consider that YOU'VE been having an AFFAIR for months and oh hey, betcha haven't told Cory that either, have you?? Bite me with your righteous indignation; he's trying to do something for your family and you're checking out from that family more every day.
Just not the book for me. Giving this two stars rather than one because the writing was good. And I probably should've figured out that I wasn't going to like this type of story.