Lover

Lover: A Novel by Anna Raverat
Published by Sarah Crichton Books on March 7th 2017
Genres: Women's Fiction
Pages: 336
Format: eBook, Kindle Book
Source: NetGalley & Sarah Crichton Books

You can learn a lot about a husband by reading his e-mail—sometimes, too much
Kate, a senior executive at a multinational hotel company, has devoted her life to her job and her family. Catering to the needs of others comes easily to her, but now, after ten years of marriage and two children, Kate discovers e-mails from her husband to another woman. Forced to take a long look at her marriage, she finds that there are all kinds of things she’s been doing her best not to see. At the same time, the political machinations in her office begin to take on an increasingly Shakespearean level of drama and ferocity. With both her work and home lives crumbling around her, Kate has to keep up appearances for her daughters as she tries to figure out who her husband really is and what he means to her now.
Lover, the British writer Anna Raverat’s U.S. debut, is a detailed observation of love, work, and life told through a woman’s crumbling marriage. In a first-person voice so compelling that the novel reads like a thriller, Raverat paints an acute portrait of the female psyche, exploring intimacy and the politics of work. Lover is both an intellectually rich and an emotionally gripping read about a woman finding her place in the world.

**Special thanks to NetGalley & Sarah Crichton Books for supplying my copy of this book in exchange for an honest and unbiased review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.**

Lover is a book about infidelity. The blurb was compelling to me and I wanted to read more.

Kate is a wife, a mother and a working woman.  She has what she thinks as the perfect life. Two lovely adorable girls, a loving husband and a promising career that she loves. Going through Adam’s, the husband, emails by accident, there is no limit to what she can find. And it’s only the iceberg.

This book started out very promising. I even started reading it right away once I received it though I had a couple of other books on hand. However, midway through the book, it started to be a bit boring. We were trapped in Kate’s thoughts while nothing was really happening. Not to say that it was bad. However, not what I thought.

Nevertheless, reading the book was enjoyable. The writing style was good. I even liked the ups and downs of Kate. Kate was even funny sometimes. The book was realistic and thoughtful.

Finally, Lover was a nice read. The point to me was that the idea could have taken half the pages. I had read a similar book before, so to me that was not what I was looking for in the first place.