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The Wives by Lauren Weisberger
3.0

I received a free digital copy of this book from the publishers/author via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Everyone’s favourite senior assistant is back and this time Emily is a no-nonsense PR agent rectifying a whole host of problems caused by her celebrity clients. When Emily visits an old friend in the suburbs, she ends up involved in a world full of bored housewives and cheating husbands, and helping former supermodel Karolina who is being framed for drunk driving by her husband.

This book is one to be taken lightly as everything that could be offensive in this book, is. None of the characters really hold back with their opinions and sometimes it can be a bit uncomfortable.

I loved the silly opulence in this book the shopping, the wealth, the occasional glamour and the general entertainment the book gave me ( a good book to read by the poolside in fairness). I did love seeing Emily - who was one of my favourite The Devil Wears Prada characters - and was reminded once again why I’d always prefer her as a friend who will always tell you how it is rather than an enemy.

The book does look a bit on housewives and the pressures sometimes put on wives to be perfect for their husbands at all times despite having several children (various talk about plastic surgery, particularly vaginal surgery!) as well as women struggling with their desire to raise children versus loving their job and wanting to work. There is also a touch on fertility issues in this too,

I do have to warn readers that this book is very fatphobic - sometimes to the point I was shocked that the author could get away with some of this stuff in 2019. It didn’t make me feel very good and I know a lot of it is shock factor but surely there’s a better way.

Oh, and for anyone wondering - Miranda Priestly does make a couple of appearances.

That will be all.