The Harpy

Interesting ending.

With such a badass title, I was expecting our protagonist to not be a bland, 1-dimensional character. But, alas, she was a huge disappointment.

An interesting listen but right as it feels like it is getting good, it takes an abrupt end.

Book was okay. Last 30 minutes or so was kinda confusing. But the main character was crazy. I don’t think she was thinking clearly.

This is a different kind of fiction than I normally read (err....listen to). But I am always fascinated by human beings’ seemingly endless capacity to damage each other, so I gave it a try! I can't really identify with what it's like to be a mother - it always seemed so soul-sucking and tortuous to me - complicated and unending - I just never partook. So I think Lucy is maybe bored, or wistful for the road not taken? The agreement she strikes with her adulterous husband is fascinating. Lucy may have been teetering on the edge for a while by this time - maybe always wanting, in the back of her mind, to exact a bit of revenge for altering her path for the sake of house and home? If nothing else, it was an engrossing character study. The prose-like tempo the narrator captures is wonderful. As Lucy descends into...I don't know....madness (?), the narrator captures the imbalance and frenzy quite well.