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Book Review of The Children Act

The Children Act
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Despite the good ratings, I found this book too boring for tears!

The story centers on Fiona, an English High Court Judge and some very interesting cases she has to decide. If the author centered the story on her captivating court cases and not so much on her 30 year old marriage, I would have enjoyed the book more.

Her husband asked for an "open" marriage since he will be turning 60 and since she has no time for him or sex anymore, he would like permission to have an affair! She throws him out but constantly looks for emails or texts from him to no avail. Until one day, she finds him on the floor with his suitcase in front of her apartment since she changed the locks.
She lets him in, but says nothing more. He says he still loves her, but she is reluctant to reply.

Luckily this was a short 215 page book or I would not have finished it.
I wasted my time on this one.