The Marriage Vendetta

by

Kindle edition, 299 pages

english language

Published by Park Row.

ISBN:
9780778387565
ASIN:
B0DFH111QK
Goodreads:
218171593

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2 stars (1 review)

Eliza Sheridan is at her wits' end with her husband, Richard. Not only did he uproot her and their daughter Mara's lives for his career, but he also hasn’t honored the one thing he promised before moving to that he’d make more time for his wife and daughter.

So when Eliza receives an anonymous photo of Richard with another woman, she's just about ready to file for divorce. As a last resort, she pays a visit to a marriage therapist, Ms. Early, who Eliza quickly learns is a bit…alternative in her approach. As their sessions unfold, Ms. Early spurs her on to commit a series of vengeful acts against Richard—each more bizarre than the last—all in the name of “re-training” her husband. But when therapy takes a risky turn, suspicions grow and alliances shift... How far is Eliza willing to go to save her marriage?

2 editions

reviewed The Marriage Vendetta by Caroline Madden

Too silly and full of self-pity for me

2 stars

Though blurbed as “darkly funny”, “feminist”, promising a “vindictive marriage therapist”, and using the tagline “revenge is in session”, it was a huge disappointment. It's a tedious book about a dim helicopter parent wallowing in self-pity, her cardboard cut-out “friends”, including a “yummy mummy” caricature, unpleasant husbands, at least one of which is a sex pest, and a child who reads “Dilbert”, all capped with “they all cheered at the end”.

I found it silly, unsatisfying and a waste of time obnoxiously free from anything vaguely fun, or even an iota of revenge. And, Dilbert FFS?!

Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Thriller
  • Contemporary