Review: What's the point in all of this?
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 05 30, 2014
I don't mind cheating books per se. I read a lot of them but one has to ask what's the point in all of this? What's the author trying to say? I'm afraid this book confused and dismayed me all at once.We have main protagonist Jack who is "dissatisfied" with his life (i.e. he's not getting what he wants) and is resentful of his beautiful wife whom he loved in the previous books. So he while visiting his hometown for his father's funeral, he had an affair with an ex girlfriend replete with gag inducing inner monologues of the one who got away.  The ex girlfriend has her own POV thus establishing that both of these characters have a connection that goes beyond the physical. And yet, after their time together and saying "I love you" and thinking how amazing this woman still is and how much she means to him, he left to go back to his long suffering wife and to write about the affair. Through it all, Jack didn't grow as a character. In fact, he regressed into this whiny, pathetic man. No growth whatsoever.And the wife just took it without complaint and just accepted it saying it's better to just love him and not to judge. *rolls eyes* Which brings me to this conclusion: This book is nothing but some kind of fantasy fulfillment where cheating is not only accepted but rewarded. While the plot has its merit, it fails to deliver because the characters didn't grow one iota.