This was a different kind of read, but I still found myself enjoying it. I read it via audio, which I will say probably enhanced my experience. It helped create additional atmosphere. The writing was really great and the narrative felt like a mix of pulp fiction and literary fiction in its approach. That sounds odd, but it worked quite well. The read was both entertaining and gripping.

The synopsis combination description works well, but for me I would have also included that it had a very Stepford Wives feel to it. The setting is in the 90s, but the husbands as a group are so antiquated and the women are so oppressed that it feels most often like the 50s. There is a LOT of male chauvinism and most of the relationships are dysfunctional. Carter Campbell is a particularly condescending jerk and I hated him. I'm fine with unlikable characters, but there was some serious loathing for this guy.

I will admit that the title is a bit misleading, as has been mentioned by others, but I still enjoyed reading. I went in not really knowing what I was getting and I don't think there was really any way to have been prepared without simply being spoiled. It's fun, a bit spoofy in the narrative, and still enthralling. There is a good combination of humor and creep factor in the writing and the plot in general. The primary characters are magnificently drawn and shine well, but I did find myself getting a little tied up in the particulars of the book club wives and their husbands here and there.

Not my usual kind of read, but I'm definitely glad I gave it a whirl.