A review by mtstellens
The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity by Esther Perel

5.0

One of the best non-fiction books I read this year. It covered the sensitive topic of affairs so well. Some books of this kind lean too much on the patient interviews/ stories leaving little to no commentary, or it goes the other way where the author makes many assertions that have no real examples. In something as touchy as this it was really nice to have such a good balance. It is also clear that Perel has been doing this for a very long time, she seems to have empathy for both the spouse in the affair and the one outside of it. For something that a huge percentage of people do, there aren't really many non fiction books that take on the topic. I really didn’t want this book to end.