Review: Compelling, conflicting and emotionally charged..
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 27, 2014
Ms Asher is a gifted storyteller who shines a painfully acute light on the hurdles life can throw at a seemingly solid marriage and the torment of infidelity. It is hard to rate this book the subject matter prevents the usual gushing 'I Loved it' response but I was certainly completely engrossed by the story. There has been a lot of discussion about teams Ben, Cathy or Arsen - I am conflicted… For me the epilogue cast a different light on the outcome. Having cycled through contradictory positive and negative emotions with regard to all the main characters the denouement of the Ben, Cathy, Arsen triangle is acutely bitter-sweet and not entirely satisfying…. There again this was a story that could never be concluded in a lovely-big-neat-HAE-red-bow. In the end my rating has to be 5 (painfully compelling) stars. Thank-you Ms Asher for a very absorbing novel.