Mina M’s Reviews > The Robber Bride > Status Update

I'm switching between thinking "oh gosh, how can they be so gullible?" and realizing I probably would've been too...

"Help your mother," he tells Roz, "in this family we help each other"; but Roz doesn't see him helping.

The writing is genius bc at first sight Zenia is the villain, and sure, she's not a nice person, but she is also the most convenient person to attach all the anger the main characters have towards the men in their lives, but have nowhere to put and no clear way to articulate.

I hate Billy so much

I haven’t gotten very far and knowing Margaret Atwood there’ll be some sort of twist later on, but current thoughts: sure, it’s an asshole move to go for someone else’s partner, but it’s not like Zenia forced these boyfriends and husbands to cheat with her? They made choices…