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Dirty Diana by Shana Feste, Jen Besser

4.0

This was an interesting book. It’s a women’s fiction that is about Diana finding herself because her marriage is in a rut and she’s struggling. The writing in this book was good but I found myself frustrated at times. It vividly painted a picture of what was going on and be prepared at times this was very explicit. This is not a romance book per say, but there is romance and things that usually go along with romance on page. I felt that the scenes flowed naturally and fit the narrative of the book to a T, so they didn’t feel like they were there just to be there for the shock factor. I did struggle a little because I find cheating a hard thing for me personally to get on board with, and I felt that is what this book flirted with a whole lot and the lack of honesty on her part was downright frustrating for me. I personally found Diana to be self-centered and not willing to put her efforts into working on her marriage, rather choosing to focus on me, me, me the whole time, which is probably why her marriage is struggling. Despite my frustrations there is a deeper meaning of feminism present, and I found myself trying to stay focused on that vs what was written as I feel like it was the intent. I think this book would have benefited from having dual POV from both Diana and her husband’s perspectives.

This is one of those books I’m curious to see how other rate it and what their take-away’s are. I think it would be a great book club discussion book.

3.5 stars rounded to 4

Thank you to @thedialpress and @netgalley for this e-arc. All thoughts are my own.