A Reliable Wife

I read A Reliable Wife, by Robert Goolrick, for my book club, and had never heard of it, but based on the description and reviews was reasonably interested. Then my sister started it and warned me about smutty it was for a book club and that she wasn't so sure about it. Me either, frankly. The characters are pretty annoying all around. I liked Catherine, except for her strange fixation with her disgusting, slovenly, drunk, oyster eating boyfriend. I felt bad that I liked her as she slowly and torturously tries to kill her husband (not giving anything away here - she admits this early on), but she's definitely the most likeable character out of all the bunch and at least she wants to live. And as the book repeats over and over and over, she either wants to live with money, or with love. The book got more interesting for me when she goes to the library to study plants, but the love scenes (or descriptions of previous love scenes) were pretty sad. Really, I don't want to read about the pools of goo on your sheets. My recommendation - skip it!