Hausfrau

Just read Anna Karenina or Madame Bovary. This elementary, insipid writing is getting compared to those and I have to wonder if the people making the comparisons just read the cliff's notes for those. This is hamhanded and ineffective. The psychotherapist is laughably bad, the main character is clearly DEPRESSED AS HECK and in need of help that no one is getting her, and the people around her are alternatingly clever and stupid depending on if the protag needs to get away with something.

It's also getting compared to 50 Shades. THAT comparison at least might be apt, in terms of the quality of the writing. But I'm pretty sure people are making the comparison because the first 2/3 of this book is full of sex. They are not as repetitive as the protagonist's constant, ridiculous inner monologue, but you could argue a lot of them don't actually add anything to the book. Overall this is just a mess. I feel like it could've been whittled down to a novella pretty easily.