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Is there anything worse than a book starting well and then going downhill?
I hate to pee on the love parade here (no I don't) but this was a very disappointing read. The premise is great; who among us women hasn't fantasized about male mayhem? I definitely was "in". The first chapter kept me reading, but as the writing revealed itself to be static, at best, and new, poorly written voices were added, and the repetition became, well, extremely repetitious, the potency of the idea diluted to a weak potion that, if poisonous, wouldn't have killed a fly on Nella's windowsill. (The analogy works. Bad novels are a bit like ingesting poison slowly. You start feeling sick and wonder if you should stop but ... oh, never mind. You get it.) The novel became more trite as I read. There.
Also, let me add that Caroline needed a good, swift kick in the backside. And some self-esteem therapy wouldn't hurt. The mewling got tedious.
If you don't mind wasting a few pandemic hours on an unsatisfying read, go for it. But you can find something much better.
