The Spare Wife, by Alex Witchel

It’s funny how people can see things so differently. A friend of mine asked a chick-lit-loving friend of his to recommend a book for me, and she came up with Alex Witchel’s The Spare Wife, which she described as “fun, sexy and an insider view of New York City’s upper crust.” I tried really hard to like it, but I found it boring, mean, and basically horrible – affairs with best friends’ spouses, rape fantasies, things that some people apparently find sexy and others – or at least I – find offensive and not at all fun. I literally hated this book. To each his or her own.