The Mistress's Revenge

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Secondly, and this just goes to show the measure of talent that Ms Cohen has, the whole book is written in the SECOND person. It is hard enough to write short stories in the 2nd person (I know I've had a few published) but to maintain it consistently through the whole book is brilliant. RATING: 3.5)THE MISTRESS'S REVENGE by Tamar Cohen is a fiction. This is a debut novel.It is a story about mistress,marriage,separation,adultery,married men,love hate,and revenge.

That's why I decided to put together this list of ideas to help ensure your husband's mistress gets her commupance. It’s one method of getting closure for yourself; you could express all your angry feelings in the letter to his mistress. This would make her understand the gravity of what she has done. Don’t forget to tag her and all her mutual friends. 21. If she was your friend, she’s dead to you 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? 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.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. Could he be sending flirty texts to another woman? Or secretly swiping on Tinder? Or even have a hidden criminal past? Or, the worst fear - could he be cheating? Sally's whole life begins to fall apart around her, she watches Clive and his family via the Internet, friending his wife and daughter on Facebook and 'accidentally' bumping into his son. There is an air of desperation around Sally - she can't see a life without Clive and can't understand why he no longer wants anything to do with her - didn't he tell her he loved her? Didn't they spend many many hours in nondescript hotel rooms?

I can honestly say that this book was like nothing I'd ever read before...and I'm not sure if that was a good thing. No matter how much Sally empathized with the people in the world around her, I could never form any type of connection with the main character. The journal-like format of the book forces the reader to spend too much time in Sally's head and, for me personally, this close connection forged a relationship of annoyance on my part towards the spineless woman who defined her life around the approval of a man. Gag! 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 She would not see coming; any woman who’s sneaking around with a married man would expect the wife of her lover to approach her with rage. They often get prepared for the worst. 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 didn't expect to enjoy this book as much as I have. Her use of metaphor is very entertaining, especially when describing the sex scenes. It's refreshing to read her less than flattering descriptions of her encounters. Her metaphors are overdone, but for some reason, in this case, it works. It so mirrors Sally's state of mind.Being passive-aggressive is way worse than being outwardly aggressive. If the other woman is part of your social circle, you can mess with her mind and feelings by hurting her with your passive-aggressive words and actions. She may act like she doesn’t care for a while, but it would bother her. 15. Assemble your squad If you’re feeling extra vengeful and you don’t mind the expenses, then you could rent a billboard. It would be even more satisfying if you used your husband's money or credit card. Just call up the company that owns the board and pay for as much time as you can afford. 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. The journal follows Sally through her steady descent into madness as she obsesses over the things Clive said to her and his responses (he does respond to her desperate efforts to get in touch, sometimes.) "I meant everything I said to you. At the time"!! Sally's reflections are darkly funny because we have all heard these phrases either first or second hand. 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.

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. Not since Fatal Attraction has the fallout from an illicit affair been exposed in such a sharp, darkly funny and disturbing way. After all, who doesn't know a normal, perfectly sane woman who has gone a little crazy when her heart was broken? It starts with a casual stroll past his house, and popping into the brasserie where his son works. Then Sally befriends Clive's wife and daughter on Facebook. But that's all right, isn't it? I mean, they are perfectly normal things to do. Aren't they? 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? You don’t have to use her full name; people who know her may still know the woman you're referring to. Make an Ad telling everyone about the mistress seeing a man she knew was married and breaking up a happy family. Don’t forget to mention what relationship she had with your husband, for example, if she was his co-worker. 17. Make a massive statementThis book is fantastic. Not only was the story gripping but the characters were so alive and well rounded. I believed every word Ms Cohen wrote. She becomes delusional and beyond obsessed to the point where everyone and everything becomes a non-entity. She severely neglects her children and life mate, she no longer works, lets her bills pile up, and lets the misery wash over her like a wave. It was really quite sad and heart wrenching to read. On one hand you feel sorry for her, but on the other you’re like, this is the spoils of dating and falling for a married man. He was never really yours to begin with. She becomes completely self-absorbed and selfish. There were quite a few times I wanted slap her or shake her and scream for her to WAKE UP! It was like she got to know everything about Clive to eventually find that she never really knew him at all. I started this book and then immediately did not like the way it was written. It reminded me of how someone talks when they do not want to be interrupted or answered: they just want you to listen to their woes. Their talking is annoying and self satisfying only, that is the kind of individual that I would not choose to be friends with for any length of time. But, as I read further the writing annoyed me less and less. I realized it was letters she was writing, but come on it was annoying.