Before I even began to read Perfect Ten I knew I was going to be #teamCaro. From the outset I was drawn in by the revenge on a cheating husband hook, however after the first 10 chapters, as I read about the alcoholic, shopaholic world of Caroline’s nights and the contrasting sober, carefully considered actions of her work days I was wondering if I was batting for the right team or had Caroline actually lost the plot, was she all the things Jack had convinced people she was?
After 33 chapters of the rollercoaster that is Caroline’s life & emotions, the narrative, which is written in the form of Caroline’s internal dialogue, had me questioning if every act of revenge was deserved or not. I ‘got’ the revenge on Jack but couldn’t always stomach the acts of revenge on everybody else, ‘the other women’ and the married men Caroline spent her drunken nights with now.
Although divorced from Jack on paper, Caroline is still tied to him in a twisted state of perpetual emotional dependence. Jack is still the reason for every act, decision, thought & interaction in Caroline's erratic life. I had ebbed back & forth in my support for Caroline, one minute I was ‘Go #teamCaro’ then OMG what is she thinking, but even though, at times, my support for Caroline may have waivered my allegiance never changed to #teamJack.
And then it came, the twist! I had anticipated one but not the one I got, the one Caroline got, the one that she had not expected. If it is the truth that sets you free, then the ‘real truth’ and not what Caroline believed to be truth, was the key to her freedom.
After 33 chapters of the rollercoaster that is Caroline’s life & emotions, the narrative, which is written in the form of Caroline’s internal dialogue, had me questioning if every act of revenge was deserved or not. I ‘got’ the revenge on Jack but couldn’t always stomach the acts of revenge on everybody else, ‘the other women’ and the married men Caroline spent her drunken nights with now.
Although divorced from Jack on paper, Caroline is still tied to him in a twisted state of perpetual emotional dependence. Jack is still the reason for every act, decision, thought & interaction in Caroline's erratic life. I had ebbed back & forth in my support for Caroline, one minute I was ‘Go #teamCaro’ then OMG what is she thinking, but even though, at times, my support for Caroline may have waivered my allegiance never changed to #teamJack.
And then it came, the twist! I had anticipated one but not the one I got, the one Caroline got, the one that she had not expected. If it is the truth that sets you free, then the ‘real truth’ and not what Caroline believed to be truth, was the key to her freedom.