I wanted to have a good read for the start of the year, and chanced upon "Adultery" by Paulo Coelho at National Bookstore. I've read some of his books and I liked them for the philosophical approach at life and I was looking forward to the same genre but this book is so much different.
A woman who has it all, a good husband, a great family, well-off lifestyle, having an affair with another man. Very common plot, but I was hoping for a different perspective, the Paulo Coelho that I've come to like. I found the main character, the "adulteress" very unlikable and hard to accept. The other characters left me pretty cold as well. I finished the book, hoping that the turn of events would improve and something profound would happen, but I was so disappointed. I found some of the interactions between the characters totally contrived and absurd. I found it hard to believe that it was Paulo Coelho who wrote this book. The result feels forced. I honestly think that reading this book is a waste of time.
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