Mary

Irritating and sublime. Truly.

Cmon….really? This is the worst Jewell book I’ve read and I’m a fan. Way too long, self indulgent, using all the tricks she can muster….is she getting tired of this genre? It seems formulaic and the ‘surprise’ endings, a repudiation of all that went before. If we can’t trust the narrator….sadly a waste of time.

Ever wonder what a truly shallow person thinks? Well here it is. The writer is a spoiled quipster who may be on the spectrum, given the obsessive grocery list writing style….and third person definitely doesn’t help. I couldn’t bear to finish it, she’s observing and congratulating herself as she writes, better suited to a preteen diary. I had neither insight nor compassion for her….i would have divorced her myself.