The Mistress's Revenge

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From the newly dating to the happily married, trust issues can creep up on anyone. With cheating cases soaring over 40% in the last two decades, it's natural to have your doubts. Sally becomes totally detached from herself, and her family. Will not do "spoilers" but the ending has quite a twist. Another quote that foretold what was to come, "I only want whats mine. If I can't have whats mine, I'll take yours". This mistress is probably walking around feeling sneaky like she’s in a secure relationship with a married man without his wife knowing. Playing with her mind would make her confused, guilty, and uncertain about what you know.

Sally is so distracted by her obsession and grief that she is blind to the destruction and havoc she is wreaking on her own children and life-partner. Her selfishness is uncanny. Tamar Cohen's debut novel is well worth the read, I will miss the freshness of the writing. This isn't fatal attraction, it is far more subtle and clever than that was.

Got Revenge On My Sister By Hiding Her Science Presentation In A Maze Of Folders

I love to read memoirs and although this book is fiction, it could be a memoir. Sally tells her story in first person as though she were having a conversation with Clive. The story derives from the journals her therapist suggests she start to help her overcome her feelings and put the past to rest. Instead of propelling Sally down the path to recovery, the journals accelerate her voyage into depression and obsession. She becomes consumed with anger and love for Clive. She channels her obsession with him into friendship with his wife and daughter, involving herself in their lives as much as possible, while ignoring her own family. Silly Sally, thats what Clive called her. Clive whom she embarked upon a five year affair with, both married, both have children, both linked in each others circles. Now Clive has called time on the affair, Sally is seeing a therapist and keeping diary entries cataloging the affair and how she saw it all. Clive has moved on, Sally just can't let go and this is her story, of her fall from a loving mum, wife and career woman to one who is fully obsessed with her ex and her world is crumbling around her. Even though your husband has shattered your heart into a thousand pieces, he’s still your husband (unless you’ve decided to make him your ex-husband). You both need to sit down and talk about everything; why he chose to disrespect you and cheat on you, what he thought he was missing that you couldn’t give to him and how to deal with things moving forward. Spoiler Alert * The story itself was depressing and sad, how many lives were damaged by this affair? I realize that Sally had a mental breakdown and that is what was ruining her life and those lives around her, but Clive was no better. Clive had had countless affairs and broken many hearts, thank heaven one finally caught up with him. How much damage can one person do? Use your kids to your advantage, post some photos and videos of your kids playing with your husband, then tag him so she can have a clear view of how happy and blessed your family is. 6. Show her that you’re still standing

If you have time on your hands, you could design a flyer that explains everything that happened between her and your husband. Share it with her neighbors and everyone in her neighborhood. You could even extend it to her place of work if you’re able to get in. The writing was good, though sometimes confusing as Sally loses her grip, yet the story was intriguing enough that I found myself wanting to know how it ended. I have to admit I had a hard time connecting with the main character -- yeah, she had a pretty good sense-of-humor, but she was way too selfish for me to invest in/care about. But the book did have a twist surprise ending that I never saw coming, which is always a good thing, in my opinion. As I read the journal I was transported to many conversations with friends over the years, the need to go over every word said, every look interpreted etc. etc. I received this book through the Goodreads First Reads program. It's written in the form of a diary, written by Sally, who has just been dumped by her lover of 5 years, Clive. Clive has decided to concentrate on his marriage with Susan, and Sally is devastated. Sally has a problem and her therapist thinks that "journaling" about is will help. Her problem is that after five years, Clive has ended their affair. He wants to give his marriage and family another try. But, Sally can't let it go. It didn't matter that her affair overlapped her relationship with Daniel, or that Clive was a married man with children. He left her, deserted her, and she needed resolution. She couldn't be the only one feeling this pain. So, Sally begins to ingratiate herself into Clive's family with things like going to his son's place of employment, having lunch with his wife and daughter, and using Facebook. Will Sally resolve her feelings before hurting others? What happened to Daniel? What will be the resolution to the stalking? Come read Sally's journal and find out.I never thought I’d be able to know all the characters so intimately through just the warped mind of Sally. But even though she becomes increasingly unstable, she’s actually still very intelligent, thoughtful, and observant. I got a good sense of each and every character, all told through the mind of one Sally Islip. The book was really beautifully written and excellently crafted and put together by Cohen. And it is written in such a way that you have to know what Sally will do next. Working through everything with your husband and making your marriage even more concrete would be a punch on the other woman’s’ face. That would be a way to make his mistress realize that she wasn’t really loved, but she was someone he was biding his time away with. Sally and Clive had an affair for five years. Sally can remember the night that Clive told her that the affair was over. She had arrived at the restaurant for dinner and she had barely one arm out of her sleeve when Clive informed her that he was giving his wife another chance. Things just go from bad to worse Sally writes Clive and than she becomes friends on facebook with Clive’s wife and daughter. As if that was not bad enough, Sally even goes to the coffee shop that Clive’s son works at. Soon, Sally is having lunch with Clive’s wife and daughter. She even learns that Clive’s daughter is expecting her first child. How do you stop someone, who is bent on destroying you?

Favorite Quote: People don't change. The world carries on spinning inexorably around but people don't spin with it. They dig their heels into the shifting sand and cling on for dear life. I found it rather insightful regarding why people may do "crazy things" after break-ups, as you see why the MC does the things she does and her reasoning (often irrational) for such. I am sure that we have all been the victim of unrequited love at some point in our lives, I know I certainly have, but Ms Cohen sums up how this feels so perfectly; the sadness, despair, frustration and anger you feel towards the object of your affection at some point. Now I doubt that many of us go to the extremes of Sally (I certainly haven't) but the way that this book is written makes you understand how someone can get to that point.

So I Got Fired From My Job

I am usually very good at guessing the end before the reveal but this time I really didn't. And what a pleasure the reveal finally was. I'm not going to spoil it for you. Written in journal form (first-person) this was difficult to get into at first because since it's from Sally's point of view and Sally is literally going insane and you can't help but want to slap some sense into her it's a bit rough going at first. At least it was for me. Just post recent photos of you and your husband living your best life even after whatever happened with his mistress. Nothing would hurt her as much as realizing that she was just another woman he could toy with. 8. Take it up a notch

While we rarely hear of a woman breaking off an affair, men suddenly seem to have a need to clear their conscience and appear to have no problem ending an affair. Maybe it is the need to clear their lives of clutter to be free to engage in other affairs. This seems to be Clive’s pattern. The question of does the person breaking off the relationship ever take the time to think of how it will affect the other person who has invested so much of themselves? This book brings to light not only the “upside” if you will, but also the downside of affairs. They are likely to do the confrontation for you; some crazy friends may even send her abusive messages or do something else to make her feel bad. Most importantly, they will be there to defend and protect you if the need arises. 16. Put out an Ad

On the other hand, there is much bitterness and vitriol in the book which makes it unpleasant at times to read. The beginning was great, but the rest of the book felt a bit slow, as if the inevitable ending was being drug out for as long as possible. All in all, a worthwhile, but mixed reading experience. I think this would have been an excellent short story or novella, but was a bit too drawn out and incessantly depressing for novel length. At first I found the style and the content very difficult to get into, I just couldn't connect with Sally at all and just got annoyed by her incessant pestering of Clive, her obsession with him and her neglect of her family. Gradually though I felt myself being pulled into her life and by the middle of the book I was hooked and just couldn't stop reading. The book’s ending was a complete surprise and I have to admit that I jumped to the end at one point. I am ashamed to admit I did that (I had finally broken the habit) but after doing so, I had to finish the book to see how the ending came about.