Molly Foust reviewed The wrong mother by Sophie Hannah
Review of 'The wrong mother' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
The beginning of this book was superbly portrayed the conflicting feelings of a working, professional mother. Sophie Hannah does an excellent job exploring this theme. The story has provokative twists and the characters other than the police characters are interesting. Too bad the cops needed to be involved.
Two issues I had:
1. I felt sorry for the not-so thrilled mother. One detective felt she deserved to die, and I contest, though I ask myself why she bothered having a child.. the answer goes back to her mother and husband.... Support the child free, I thought. Children can be little demons, and self righteous martyr mothers are truly irritating.
2. There is a part of the book where our dear protagonist could run, and does not, because she is afraid she will be shamed over having an affair that she hasn't really felt that guilty about. One thinks... Get your …
The beginning of this book was superbly portrayed the conflicting feelings of a working, professional mother. Sophie Hannah does an excellent job exploring this theme. The story has provokative twists and the characters other than the police characters are interesting. Too bad the cops needed to be involved.
Two issues I had:
1. I felt sorry for the not-so thrilled mother. One detective felt she deserved to die, and I contest, though I ask myself why she bothered having a child.. the answer goes back to her mother and husband.... Support the child free, I thought. Children can be little demons, and self righteous martyr mothers are truly irritating.
2. There is a part of the book where our dear protagonist could run, and does not, because she is afraid she will be shamed over having an affair that she hasn't really felt that guilty about. One thinks... Get your shit together and run! then thinks...No Way would you not run! That entire section needed editing.
