Review: Arsen...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 24, 2013
If the concept of affairs and cheating bother you, then don't read this book. As far as portraying the devastating results and ugliness of an affair, this book does a decent job.Here's my issue with the book, I wasn't very connected with the characters or the reason Cathy ultimately has the affair.Ben was supportive and there for her and seemed to be rather into her, so I didn't quite buy the reasoning for her straying. An affair is an extremely selfish thing. So selfish that you don't want to lose what you have but you also want what you shouldn't; so you hide, lie, and cheat to have both. Cathy knew that if Ben found out about her affair it would destroy him, yet she didn't care. The book does a pretty good job at the end explaining where she went wrong and where she could have put a halt to things going further than they should. I liked that.I liked that the author wrote about this. It seems there aren't many books out there that deal with the issue of affairs and it's rather interesting to me. (If you know of other books, please share!) Ultimately, this book shows how an affair affects so many people and the devastation it can cause