Colette Freedman

A lot of work and research went into this book. Descriptions of persons or place or even emotions were well thought through. The story line sounded great. 13 ancient artifacts, murder, mystery and mayhem... What is not to like. The title and the cover alone drew me in. I really tried to like this book. I could not bring myself to dragging along and finishing it for the sake of finishing it.
The storyline was too drawn out, some of the descriptions to tedious, too many story lines to follow. After i read about hallways through, still no climax, still trading along. You have the story of the 13 kids, the story of Judith, Brigid, Sarah and Owen, Skinner, Elliot, the cops, the tramp...... too much to follow. I am sure it will all come to together at the end. But i am not there to read it.
I can't see myself dragging through a slower than molasses storyline (and you know it is slow, when you think about stuff to do while you read and you find the thought of chores more entertaining) when there are so many other goodreads out there, waiting to be discovered.
I will give it 2 stars, if i could give 1/2 stars i would but since the cover and the title are great it will be 2… (altro)

“Everything has a cost; you just have to be prepared to pay the price.”
― Colette Freedman, The Affair

This is indeed a story of an affair, told from three viewpoints. The husband's, the wive's and the other woman's. So you get the story from multiple viewpoints. In this book, as in reality, each person's perceptions differ in many ways.

I actually somewhat liked this and did not think I would. It was a fast read..and not all that heavy despite the subject matter. The main issue for not rating higher is:

spoilers:

I could not stand any of the three characters. The mistress, Stephanie , I could not stand. She was just so superficial. I did not love the whole "Groundhog Day" aspect which has been done to death but to the writer's credit it does work in this story and I did somewhat enjoy the book.

I Did not, however, believe the ending AT ALL. It did not jive with any of the characters actions up until that point. This is far from my favorite read But it was an interesting book.… (altro)