Not my typical fare! I read this because of the TV show (and book) Good Girls Revolt, which I give five stars, by the way. I like owning the book and getting into the show by reading a book the characters are reading. I absolutely love that. It was popular at the time I guess. Allegedly an epic love story. Kill off the woman to help the man learn grand life lessons because he can't possibly see through the misogyny ~without~ the universe taking away his most prized possession. The lesson? It's okay to cry. Once. If your possession/fiance dies. 

I think it was supposed to be witty and edgy at the time - the two that fall in love throw insults around to express affection. Maybe it was progressive that Jenny went to Radcliffe and was going to study music in Paris or that she grew up working class and married money. Generally, it was a wildly patriarchal story in every way, especially when Oliver was given the authority/ability whether or not to tell Jenny she had a terminal illness, like she was a child.

I'd give it five stars for helping set the scene for the events of Good Girls Revolt, but I can't footnote the rating. That book is the world those women who fought for equal pay lived in. But story-wise, not good, lol. Less than one star.