A review by lola425
The Slippage by Ben Greenman

3.0

Greenman deftly writes about suburban marital ennui. The concept of slippage really interested me. At what point, once you lose your footing, can you right yourself. William seems to float through his life making daily bargains with himself just to get through. His marriage is stagnant, his wife trying to reinvigorate them by insisting on a new house. William takes comfort in the house that they live in, comfort if not joy. In fact, joy is conspicuously absent in this book. All the characters are angsty, none of the action serves to move anyone toward happiness or satisfaction

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(except for maybe William's cold cocking his boss)

. Still trying to figure out if I left the book depressed or not. I certainly left the book wondering about my own suburban existence.