I recently finished this book in which a maid of honor has an affair with the would-be groom the summer before the September wedding. While I devoured this book in a matter a of days, I had some significant problems with it. Namely, it's tough to sympathize with a cheater. When I think about this book from a writerly perspective, I respect the author's approach. She took a super-goody-two-shoes character and had her engage in the most unforgivable betrayal imaginable, and yet somehow still made her seem sympathetic. Further, the contrast of ultra-good and ultra-bad creates an interesting, original, believably-conflicted character. Additionally, by forcing the reader to look at these bad acts through good eyes, the author manages to raise a lot of questions about ethics, morality and what we owe ourselves vs. our friends. |
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