This was a pick for bookclub ... and I wasn't really a fan. I don't know if doing any prep (re-reading portions) or the discussion might make me like it more? As of now, 2.5* and a negative feel. It reminded me of [book:Anonymous Mom Posts|63416757], which was written after this book, but I happened to read it before. It also featured several women, posting on a social media board and some of the issues anonymous posts can create, also attempting to hit many social issues of the day. It's presentation was a little more unique, as readers you see the messages in format. 

The blurb indicates this is a story of four women ...  there more names than that listed in the chapter headings. These were shown in the TOC for the audiobook, but weren't in the Kindle copy (audio TOC for the win. I wonder if the physical copy even HAS a TOC, most don't seem to these days). I appreciate being able to look and know where to turn if I wanted to check out a particular POV.  There is Eliza Hunt, Olivia York, Jackie Campbell, Alison Le, Amanda Cole.  There is also a couple chapters from Marc Sugarman's POV, and we get Spencer at one point. Several chapters have multiple POVs. Alison doesn't start until chapter 9, Amanda until chapter 11. We don't get her POV, but also need to keep track of the name Ashley Smith. Now this might be a personal problem, but sometimes with names, I really just remember the first letter or sound ... here, Eliza, Amanda, Ashley, Alison, Olivia. They all start with vowels, three As! In fact there's an Andie too! I struggled just a bit keeping track of all the changing perspectives and people and their background stories. 

There were lots of little things that bugged me too ... I was super turned off when one of the women remembers her high school musical days, and "It wasn't Curly or Jud she was thinking about while singing "I'm just a girl who can't say no ..." SO, that's Oklahoma. I played Laurie. Laurie was the triangle with Curly/Jud. She does NOT sing the referenced song. Ado Annie does, and Ado Annie is not saying no to Will and Ali Hakim. If you are going to reference something, GET IT RIGHT!

Other annoyances ... the baby's lilac eyes (does anyone really have PURPLE eyes?)  "Allison was impressed that although he joked, he was clearly woke ..." Would someone really think "woke" like that? I realize this was written a few years ago, but it seems like "woke" has more of a negative connotation at this point. She would think that he supported women, not that he was "woke" ... it just felt super unnatural to me. Olivia's reactions seemed off (to suddenly think he was cheating based on the message board? To just "marriage over" when she realized he was lying, and to get such a painless and profitable divorce. Lucky for her! Alison also just absolutely "it's over" and then ... what exactly changed her mind? No revelation even that the last messages had been Lee/Skip not Jack. The whole #metoo thing, and Carson? Oh, the play made him feel bad and he apologized? That Eliza's husband hadn't even realized she hadn't left the house in months? Seems like that would be hard NOT to notice, living with someone, even if you weren't that close. Totally random with the dog Truffles (not sure why that was included). 

I did appreciate the author's note. There are discussion questions (which I like) but I didn't feel like these really made me think that much. We'll see how book club goes...

ProFanity x5. Some talk of sex/rape, the #metoo movement