Shelly Anne

I was super excited about this book coming out as I love Wally Lamb's writing. His character building is strong and easy to attach to. However not this time. I enjoyed the writing but something just wasn't sitting right with the believability of the main character. It was reading like a read, not a life. Maybe it was the age gap between Wally and the character. Not enough edge perhaps. I did enjoy how he finally turned that around at the very end and I could actually feel his pain through his wife instead of just hearing him tell it. Interesting choice for sure but it took way too long to get there.