Funnily enough, I fully agree with you. A few years ago My one group of girlfriends loved her, and I had come forward about my engagement about to end and why, so they told me to read it. This was not a topic they were familiar with, and I’m not easy to trigger, so I didn’t mind, but it was just such a weird book.

Him facing no punishment is very realistic. I didn’t do anything either, and there have been times since we split where we’ve been completely copacetic (we are not speaking anymore, fwiw) despite what happened. It’s like your brain just won’t acknowledge that something bad happened or how bad it was.

Now, while that made it fairly realistic (not for every woman, I realize) it still bothered me because it made it MORE normalized. I should have done something and not let someone get away with it, and I don’t want a book glossing over that being a very real (and favourable if you can stay safe) potential outcome. I don’t want my feelings to be normalized, what if I don’t leave at all next time?

I hope that made sense. 😂