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Review title: An incredibly depressing book
Product review: About a third of the way through this novel, I put it down. As with every Oprah Book Club book I've read, it is thoroughly depressing. Sometimes Oprah books work out alright: the characters start making smarter choices and their situation changes. But it doesn't appear this will be the case with this book. Having read dozens of reviews, I find that it will remain a depressing story about a woman whose husband moves them back into the home of his cruel and abusive parents. And it gets worse from there. Although the writing is excellent and I can "see the movie in my head" (literally see it happening), I prefer books that are at least eventually somewhat upbeat. Not fairy tale endings, no. And not without conflict, because there's plenty of conflict and heartache in real lives. But not through and through to the end. Already I'm thinking, "Is she EVER going to leave that whipped husband of hers and get her young children away from that jerk father-in-law?"
