It's been a while since I tried an Emily Giffin book. I was gung-ho Emily Giffin for a long time, but they began to feel so formulaic and the infidelity stories just got old to me. So I was reluctant going into this book. But it looks SO GOOD that I had to give it a try. And my oh my am I glad that I did.
Watching Nina blossom into who she was meant to be was everything a reader wanted it to be. Seeing the hoity-toity charity attending new-money wife open her eyes to the mistakes she had made was as painful as it was heartfelt for me as a reader. And oh, her emotional connection to Lyla. And Tom. Everything unfolded as I hoped, but more well-done that I even anticipated. The epilogue was perfection. Which is saying a lot because I despise epilogues.... But this was a true epilogue, the way they are meant to be.
Although as much as I am gushing, can I just say for a moment, that good lord, it is frustrating when the outrageous, clearly wrong character is a raging conservative. I'm sorry, but as a conservative, most "right-wingers" would be appalled at both his behavior and the behavior that he condoned.
That is all. Back to the gushing.
Watching Nina blossom into who she was meant to be was everything a reader wanted it to be. Seeing the hoity-toity charity attending new-money wife open her eyes to the mistakes she had made was as painful as it was heartfelt for me as a reader. And oh, her emotional connection to Lyla. And Tom. Everything unfolded as I hoped, but more well-done that I even anticipated. The epilogue was perfection. Which is saying a lot because I despise epilogues.... But this was a true epilogue, the way they are meant to be.
Although as much as I am gushing, can I just say for a moment, that good lord, it is frustrating when the outrageous, clearly wrong character is a raging conservative. I'm sorry, but as a conservative, most "right-wingers" would be appalled at both his behavior and the behavior that he condoned.
That is all. Back to the gushing.