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The problem is, there's a lot of waffle in this book. I like the premise and when it gets to the action, the nitty gritty it's superb but there's just too much meandering in between

I just don't like when they tell a story/read an article or something of the like in a book. I can't complain too much as I have done this in my own novels and see its significance but I can't help but gloss over them, they're too factual or in this case of Minna telling a story, nothing to do with the book itself, it's a random story I don't need to hear

"And though there was no one to admire her, she was quite content to admire herself." YES GIRL! Exactly how you should feel after the affair!

Sorry finally had time to read again but this book is so hard to read speedily through. I don't know if I can finish it and it's a library book so my time is limited!

I read some more when I was venturing into London yesterday but omg like aside from the very obvious sapphic moments with Sophia and her husband's mistress, those scenes with her restless nights and her whole speech of her man smelling like his lover are truly realistic to how you deal and what you go through during an affair or betrayal

"Like a wound in me that would never quite heal, that must perpetually be cleansed and dressed."

It's really intriguing to me, I think the children and their everlasting ailments are a metaphor for the reminders and wounds that Frederick left behind from his affair. The kids are also a reminder of him she can't rid of and there are often times where she mentions how they're more of a burden than anything.