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A review by readingwithkt
The Roughest Draft by Austin Siegemund-Broka, Emily Wibberley
Did not finish book. Stopped at 13%.
Was really excited by the first two chapters of this book but then set it down and picked it back up a week or so later when I had finished the other kindle book I was reading, and I found the next few chapters to just be very uncomfortable reading.
I firstly realised that the authors were setting us up for an infidelity novel which on premise alone I wasn’t excited about, plus I found the relationship between our main character and her husband, Chris, just honestly horrific. I know it’s meant to be written that way and we’re supposed to feel that way because then we feel less bad about the fact that she cheats on him later in the novel, but I was just acutely aware that I was reading fiction and it all felt a bit false and forced to me.
Moving on to something else now.
I firstly realised that the authors were setting us up for an infidelity novel which on premise alone I wasn’t excited about, plus I found the relationship between our main character and her husband, Chris, just honestly horrific. I know it’s meant to be written that way and we’re supposed to feel that way because then we feel less bad about the fact that she cheats on him later in the novel, but I was just acutely aware that I was reading fiction and it all felt a bit false and forced to me.
Moving on to something else now.
Graphic: Infidelity