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Krijg Je Wel (2009)

by Jane Fallon(Favorite Author)

3.45 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

De Kern

review 1: So... yeah. This seemed to have a somewhat interesting plot - a guy leads a double life, his mistress and wife find out and plot revenge. I was expecting the first third of the book to describe the wife, the mistress, and the cheater, the second half to deal with the ladies finding out and getting angry and the last third to feature the revenge. Instead we meet all three people (in their own POV chapters effectively) in chapters 1-3, with suspicion raising its head straight away with the wife and by chapter 5 I think it was the wife and unwitting mistress are plotting his downfall. This all happens in the first 70 pages and it felt rushed to me.The main downfall of the book was the characterisation of Katie - she has low self-esteem and puts everyone else above herself, wh... moreen she finds out that the man she loves is actually still married and has been for the past year and a half he has been lying to her (and everyone else in the small village) she is, at first reluctant to get revenge. However she comes around to the idea incredibly quickly going above and beyond the plan with the wife and basically acting like a spoilt petulant little brat. Now, I understand that James (the husband) was a rat and obviously deceitful in his business life as well as his personal one (not disclosing his full income, building extensions without the requisite permissions) but if you are aware of such things (which Katie seemed to be prior to the realisation) then you should report them - you shouldn't suddenly think "oh he has pissed me off I am going to get him in serious legal trouble" - to me this is the mentality of a 2 year old...Of course, I am have heard the old adage "hell have no fury like a woman scorned" but I think this would have worked better if there had been less toy throwing and more concentration on the revenge front - aka humiliate James in-front of his colleagues and friends. It would certainly act as a lesson to him and a warning to any others present - then focus the remainder of the novel on Katie and Stephanie (the wife) moving on.As it was the character development felt weak - Stephanie started off being strong, weakened then strengthened (somewhat) again (though I swear it feels like there ought to be a PS at the last page saying she and James reconciled after a bit - the plot certainly seems to suggest that anyway), whilst Katie went from weak to strong to crazy to even crazier to .... well back to normal I guess. I liked her making new friends, starting a new class but then the writing seemed to go downhill - there was no explanation as to why she blamed James for her presumption about another guy (and anyone who didn't see that coming about Owen from the introduction of him is blind) and then being determined to ruin James because of a slight she herself caused? Like I said, it struck me as 2 year old logic. James... I just wish I could understand how A - these women liked him in the first place and B - how the hell he managed to do so well with his life - as soon it starts getting rough he just folded. The side plot about Stephanie's job and the closeted actress was kinda interesting, as was her romance with Michael.On the whole this was really not memorable.
review 2: Fallon does not surprise readers of her first novel with the abstract of her second. It follows a similar pattern, husband/wife/mistress love triangle and their various problems trying to resolve the mess their lives have become. Despite its over-used plot, Fallon manages to piece together a relatively funny novel, perfect for beach reading. Wife Stephanie discovers her 'perfect' husband has been having a clandestine affair with the gorgeous, younger, somewhat naive Katie, who lives a simple life in the countryside. When Katie and Stephanie discover each other, they plot the ultimate plan to humiliate James before moving forward into their newly single lives.The story takes a few unexpected turns, which save the novel from becoming completely lost in a sea of talking but no action. Perhaps not quite as good as her first novel, but enjoyable all the same. less

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