Review - The girl I used to be.
Rejection and humiliation via a man in your life is very painful indeed. Anyone who has avoided this is very lucky indeed. I thought that the feelings and behavior of the two women main characters were very well described. I found myself relating a lot. However I think it was exacerbated by an Irish intensity.
On the down side I found the male characters very one dimensional. The father figures, the workaholic and the toy boy. None of them seemed credible to me beyond that and seemed very stereotypical.
The ending to me was very sugary sweet. It defies credulity that Richard who is scorned and denounced and feeling bitter should pay for the toyboy and his ex wife who poured the scorn upon him to pay for her and Tess who he hated to go to Salzburg.
Also that a roomful in a posh restaurant in Salzburg, which is a very stuffy place emotionally, should applaud two old fogeys of a different nationality getting married.
However, I found it a good read and very amusing in places. I enjoyed it.
