The Rachel Incident

What I liked: coming-of-age story about two people in their 20's, the relationship between these two best friends set in 1990's Cork, touches on male/female infidelity double standards, effects of abortion access

What I didn't like: too much on page infidelity (this is a me thing - I don't like reading stories about infidelity). I am glad I read this one though - sometimes it's good to push through things that make you feel uncomfortable.

The story felt messy and realistic and was told in a very sensitive way.

. I felt so much rage when the wife finds out about her husbands infidelity and the way everyone in the town treats Rachel yet he walks about his life as if nothing happened. I sobbed while listening to the part about her trying to access an abortion in a country that doesn't allow abortion - it was very triggering for me in the current US Political climate. I loved that Rachel and James stay friends through the distance and that Rachel ends up marrying the other James. And I loved that Rachel had a conversation with Fred's wife.