Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent 260 pages
"Oliver Ryan, handsome, charismatic, and successful, has long been married to his devoted wife, Alice. Together they write and illustrate award-winning children’s books; their life together one of enviable privilege and ease—until, one evening after a delightful dinner, Oliver delivers a blow to Alice that renders her unconscious, and subsequently beats her into a coma."
Ok, so now everyone wants to figure out what happened. Why would Oliver do this? If you're guessing that Oliver is a truly nasty piece of work who has kept his real self hidden from people, you'd be right. I kept reading this book to the end because I was curious -- but it's more of the "that's a dead animal by the side of the road and I don't want to look . . . and I just did and regretted it" feeling. Yuck - and definitely not a book I want to re-read.
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