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A review by thereadingrunnner
The Wives by Simone Gorrindo
2.0
2.5⭐️
I had high hopes for this book but so many things I found aggravating, and in the end, I think it just definitely was not a book for me. I just can't get on board with someone giving up themselves for a man. This was obviously the authors personal story and I'd say I guess she was fine with it, so why should I care, but she actually wasn't fine with it, and spent the majority of the book complaining about agreeing to the choices she made.
I'm proud of our military and appreciate their sacrifices so we can lead the lives we do in America, but I wish we got more of Andrew's struggles and acclimation between deployment and home life but that was lacking. It truly was just about the sacrifices wives made for their husband's, making it a very anti-feminist novel.
I feel Simone's political judgments throughout the memoir were also unnecessary and took away from the story. The last 20 pages or so were terrible in that regard and seemed simply there to push an agenda, in my opinion. It's too bad politics prohibited who she allowed herself to be friends with. I just can't relate to the story in any way, so it was a thumbs down for me.
I had high hopes for this book but so many things I found aggravating, and in the end, I think it just definitely was not a book for me. I just can't get on board with someone giving up themselves for a man. This was obviously the authors personal story and I'd say I guess she was fine with it, so why should I care, but she actually wasn't fine with it, and spent the majority of the book complaining about agreeing to the choices she made.
I'm proud of our military and appreciate their sacrifices so we can lead the lives we do in America, but I wish we got more of Andrew's struggles and acclimation between deployment and home life but that was lacking. It truly was just about the sacrifices wives made for their husband's, making it a very anti-feminist novel.
I feel Simone's political judgments throughout the memoir were also unnecessary and took away from the story. The last 20 pages or so were terrible in that regard and seemed simply there to push an agenda, in my opinion. It's too bad politics prohibited who she allowed herself to be friends with. I just can't relate to the story in any way, so it was a thumbs down for me.