"Going in Circles"
by
Pamela Ribon
While it took me a little while to finish this book I really enjoyed reading it. When I purchased this book Steve and I were not "Steve and I". We were more like..."yes, technically we are spouses". What attracted me was the setting of a woman who was unsure of what happened or what was going to happen to her marriage. I obviously related to the uncertainty and would be lying if I said the $5.97 price wasn't an attraction as well. As I began reading the book it was hard for me to get into it because I was afraid that each chapter would get closer and closer to her marriage becoming a divorce. For my own life, I didn't want to even remotely think that was possible. Slowly I read each chapter until she meets her friend Francessca, oddly enough the goth girl at her job. At first I assumed that this particular friend would simply just be the kind I would or could never have considering my beliefs and that her way of coping would be to party and drink beer until the sun came up. Again, I found it a little difficult to continue reading, but nevertheless even though I have about 1000 projects on hold currently, I do not like leaving something unfinished, especially books that might help me cope in my own ways.It turned out loving this book and found it much easier to read after my own situation had changed because while I still related to the character, I knew that our outcomes would very closetly be completely different from one another. Her friend now reminds me of two of my very best friends who encourage me to not necessarily move on as to "drop him and run", but to just take my time in processing but to never lose sight of my own independence and choice.
I would give this book about a 4.4 out of a 5 because it was very relateable and actually made me laugh out loud a few too many times, which was very nice!
