Booze, sex, and pantyhose

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I felt like I needed a shower after I read this book. And not because of the drinking and sex. I have no problem with adult, consensual sex positive exploration and relationships. I was grossed out because one of the main characters, Henry, spends the entire book chasing after Alma- we never find out how old she is but considering Henry is fresh out of high school and she's younger than them I'm going to guess she's under 18 and thus not an adult - and then when Henry and his wife engage in a consensual although drunken foursome with their neighbors, he treats his brand new wife like a whore-ish pariah. He's a completely boorish disgusting, unsympathetic character and I spent the entire book hating him. He's over here dipping his wick into 3 different women throughout the ENTIRE book and his wife gets drunk WITH HIM IN THE ROOM AND ENGAGES IN AN ACT THAT HE'S AWARE OF AND HE GETS MAD??? THE UNMITIGATED GALL! I get that this book is set in another era (1950s), but you don't to claim the moral high ground and treat your wife like garbage when you literally cheat on her and then act like she's a slut because she did the same thing you were doing on the carpet NEXT to her. UGH. Anyway, I didn't give the book 2 stars because the main character was gross, even though he was, I gave it 2 stars because the book just didn't seem to have much point. It was just kind of a drunken rambling of a series of sex acts, Henry screwing Effie, Henry screwing Alma, everyone getting drunk, they stay together, miserably for decades out of spite it mostly seems, she cheats, he cheats, they both die and then the book ends. It was just kind of words slapped on paper with booze, sex, and pantyhose.