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And this is the part where I say, “I saw it from a mile away.”

What the actual F is the only thing I can say about this part.

The unlikable “screw the patriarchy” protagonist and her seemingly well-meaning but quite insensitive sketchy husband are having a row.

I don’t even care about you guys anymore, I just want to see the mystery get solved.

Tho I will say, I understand why Freya doesn’t want to take what he’s saying. I just wish she wasn’t so… self-righteous? Not sure if that’s the right word for it.

I’ve got an idea about who Emily’s “fancy man” might be, but I’m still not sure.

Unreliable and unlikable protagonist outside, this is really quite a page-turner.

At this point I won’t be surprised if it turns out she’s being gaslighted this entire time. That said, I hope it won’t be that cliché.

Our narrator is as unlikable as ever. Why does everything have to be about gender, Freya? This is the only book I’ve read so far where the narrator mentions gender-related things every few pages. Plus, she’s very unreliable. Can’t blame his (admittedly also sketchy) husband if he thinks twice about her observations.

I’m about an hour into the book. It’s a page-turner alright, but the characters aren’t very likable, especially the main character. I don’t know, I really don’t like her. She thinks she’s being a concerned neighbor, but she just feels very nosy to me. Also, she’s an insecure individual who’s very unfair to her fiancé just because she can’t accept she’s a “traditional” SAHM now. Huh.