Big little lies

Even as a guy, I enjoyed reading this book. It was funny, emotional, and and had some great character development. You really felt like you got to know these people and understood their problems. I also really liked the way it was written. BUT! The book has a problem...it's more documentary than fiction. The author is trying to push an agenda and raise awareness about domestic abuse issues. That's all well and good, but it's not clear at all that this is the intention of the book. It shouldn't be presented as normal fiction, in my opinion.

As long as you understand that this book has an agenda before reading it, then go for it, you'll probably like it a lot. Unfortunately, I didn't know this before reading, so I felt like the book was a deception of sorts. A documentary masquerading as fiction. It left a bad taste in my mouth at the end of the book, which is a shame, because I actually did enjoy the book.