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Description from Goodreads:
"Meet Lalla Rook. Lalla has a lot on her She needs to guarantee her husband makes partner, secure her dream house in Hampstead, and get her daughter into a prestigious prep school. And on the afternoon she stabs a stranger seven times after he breaks into her living room, she has a four-year-old’s birthday party to host.
With an unambitious partner, two demanding children, and a barely adequate large house in a nice (if not quite fashionable) part of town, Lalla’s life isn’t quite perfect yet. And she can’t pretend she hasn’t missed the adrenaline rush that comes with transgressing. Besides, as a wife and mother, she’s already an expert multi-tasker. So, disposing of a body, framing a friend, and being the world’s best mother can easily be managed alongside the usual domestic minutiae.
It’s just that her husband Stephen seems distracted, her daughter’s drowning of the class hamster is affecting her academic future, and then there is the unexpected intruder. Who is this man and what does he want from her? Because Lalla has a past she’d rather keep hidden—and the sudden appearance of the police means that avoiding them will be yet another task to cross off her to-do list.
Funny, calculating, hypercompetent, and ambitious, Lalla is your next favorite antiheroine. Just don’t mention it to her mother-in-law."
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Wickedly dark but a bit too far-fetched
I’ve just finished reading A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage and it’s certainly unlike anything else I’ve picked up lately. The story follows Lalla Rook - a woman juggling domestic stresses like school applications with the slightly more pressing issue of a dead body in her living room.
The writing is sharp and the author does a great job of capturing a detached tone that fits someone like Lalla perfectly. It’s got a bitingly satirical edge that pokes fun at middle-class pretensions which I found quite clever.
However-I have to admit I really struggled with Lalla as a protagonist. I know she’s meant to be a sociopath but I found it hard to get behind her or really care about what happened. Everything felt a little too unbelievable at times and the sheer level of absurdity meant I couldn't quite fully lose myself in the story.
It’s a unique idea but it just missed the mark of being a 5-star read because of how difficult I found the main character. It's still a solid thriller if you're looking for something uniquely twisted though!
Thanks to the author, HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction and NetGalley for enabling me to read and share my thoughts of this book.
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