Synopsis:
"The worst birthday ever might just be the gift of a lifetime…
It’s Sophie Bloom’s forty-second birthday, and she’s ready for a night of celebration with Gabe, her longtime, devoted husband, and her two besties and their spouses. Dinner is served with a side of delicious gossip, including which North Grove residents were caught with their pants down on Ashley Madison after the secret on-line dating site for married and committed couples was hacked. Thirty-two million cheaters worldwide have been exposed…including Sophie’s “perfect” husband. To add insult to injury, she learns Gabe is the top cheater in their town.
Humiliated and directionless, Sophie jumps into the unknown and flees to France to meet up with her teenage daughter who is studying abroad and nursing her own heartbreak. After a brief visit to Paris, Sophie heads out to the artist enclave of Saint-Paul-de-Vence. There, for the first time in a long time, Sophie acknowledges her own desires—not her husband’s, not her daughter’s—and rediscovers her essence with painful honesty and humor, reawakening both her sensuality and ambitions as a sculptor.
As she sheds her past and travels the obstacle-filled off beaten path, Sophie Bloom is determined to blossom. Allowing her true self to emerge in the postcard beauty of Provence, Sophie must decide what is broken forever...and what it means to be truly unbreakable." Amazon.com
Review:
I’ll be honest, my review for The Unbreakables is all over the place. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about this book, which definitely says a lot about its deep writing and complex themes introduced throughout.
👉🏻Sophie Bloom discovers that her husband, on her 42nd birthday, is found on Ashley Madison (the cheater website) as one of the top cheaters in their suburb. Her entire life crumbles to the ground as the lies and deceit from over the years unfold. She escapes to France where her daughter is studying abroad, with the goal in mind to discover and ultimately reinvent herself without her husband.
Ok. Lets unpack this👇🏻
What I loved:
-Sophie’s story. I really love it. She was faced with so many difficult realities but never questioned her morals when faced with difficult dilemmas. Seeing Sophie’s character develop from start to finish was pretty incredible.
-the art! I love art history so much. I don’t want to say too much, but I could have been happy having 100 more chapters of Sophie and her sculpting.
-I appreciated the devotion Sophie had for her husband and also the devotion Luc had for Nathalie. Fidelity in marriage is very important to me, and especially in the books that I read.
What I didn’t love:
-Her short stint in Paris was a bit much for me, and could be for some of you, just a warning (pg 147 & pg 243).
-The sidebar stories because of the quickness they came in and out of the story. I think more detail or less tangents would have helped?
-I didn’t love how it ended with Sophie and Lauren. That story felt forced.
-Hated the bad language used.
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