Title: Goodnight, Beautiful
Author: Dorothy Koomson
You know how they always say that loves conquers all. Amen to that then.... For this review, I will refrain myself from swearing although I did when I'm live airing my thoughts about this book on twitter.
Firstly, let me just say that, I hate Stephanie from this book. To me, she is the evil character, the antagonist, the home-wrecker. Even if she was a legitimate wife, I still think she's horrid. An ugly turd. She has insecurities, suffer manic depression and leech of people. She is paranoid and destroy other people's healthy relationship. Even if she repent and become "good" in the end, nothing, I mean nothing can ever make me forgive her. I know we should all love each other, I mean Voldemort was forgiven since I pity him of not having a loving father and not having a nose. I hate her because she's in the way of true love. Mal should have left her.
Okay, enough hating on her, let's move on to the supposed hero of the story, Mal. He is by far the stupidest, spineless man ever. If a woman is having your baby, you're suppose to care for her. Especially if she is your childhood friend you love her since forever. Leave your manic wife behind. Who cares if she has nobody else in the world to take care of her. Is it because your friend had more people to support her, she can raise a son alone. you were the one who burden her in the first place asking her to be the surrogate mother. When suddenly your wife decides that she was afraid that she could lose you when the baby is born, you just left your friend since you were in diapers, you tell her you want nothing to do with her leaving her with the unborn baby. Then, suddenly when her son (which is his as well) was sick, he had the nerved to say that he care after all those years. You make me sick. And when she was suffering at the thought of her so dying, you of all people offer sex. I mean seriously? You said it would take her mind of things. Yeah, it did, it got her knocked up, that's what. thank God she has the audacity of leaving the country after her son's death and raise her new baby girl in Portugal.
Nova. Nova. Nova. Where should I start. She sees the good in everyone. Even in that old hag Steph who was in no way trying to make friends with her. I don't really wanna say much because I'm running out of steam because of all that hating on the above characters, It is sad that she has to suffer so much and being so alone. Overall, she got herself sorted out and live a god life. I feel bad for her for having to cross path with Steph.
Well people, don't be put out by my hating. I love how the writer weave the story, how she kept me reading the story until the end. yes, I despise the book for injecting reality in my normally unreal book. I hoped for a better ending where she would at least meet her prince charming. Since none of that is happening, I'll just have to use my imagination. To those who are planning to read this book, prepare lots of tissues and maybe emphatise so you won't be like me all hating on the antagonist. We can'yt judge people because what we know about people is only a mere fraction of what they truly are. We won't know any better unless we have been in their skin as them.....
