A Woman Betrayed
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PIcked up from the Little Free Library on San Luis Drive in San Luis Obispo.
This theme has been done before, of course, and done better.
Laura is living a good life with her children and husband, and everything seems peachy, when her husband Jeff disappears. At first she is worried, but then it becomes apparent that he left on his own. The primary reason also becomes apparent.
Laura struggles with learning more and more about this man she lived with for 20 years. She can't believe he'd do this to his family. Yet he did.
One of the themes of the novel is that Laura's strength was always greater than Jeff's. Jeff was made more sympathetic in comparison, the poor boy was emasculated by his super-strong wife. Please, give me a break. She needn't apologize for being who she is.
One of the rules of writing is to "show, not tell". Thus we should observe the effects of the revelations on Laura and not have to be told what they were. But again and again we had her asking, "how well did I really know him?". More subtlety, please.
Okay for a train trip, a vacation book.
Laura is living a good life with her children and husband, and everything seems peachy, when her husband Jeff disappears. At first she is worried, but then it becomes apparent that he left on his own. The primary reason also becomes apparent.
Laura struggles with learning more and more about this man she lived with for 20 years. She can't believe he'd do this to his family. Yet he did.
One of the themes of the novel is that Laura's strength was always greater than Jeff's. Jeff was made more sympathetic in comparison, the poor boy was emasculated by his super-strong wife. Please, give me a break. She needn't apologize for being who she is.
One of the rules of writing is to "show, not tell". Thus we should observe the effects of the revelations on Laura and not have to be told what they were. But again and again we had her asking, "how well did I really know him?". More subtlety, please.
Okay for a train trip, a vacation book.
Journal Entry 3 by jlautner at Little Free Library - 1739 San Luis Drive in San Luis Obispo, California USA on Monday, January 12, 2015
Released 9 yrs ago (1/12/2015 UTC) at Little Free Library - 1739 San Luis Drive in San Luis Obispo, California USA
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