Review: Save Me by Kristyn Kusek Lewis

Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing: December 30, 2014
ISBN: 9781455572236
Source: Publisher

Daphne Mitchell has the idyllic life: a dream job as a doctor, married to her childhood sweetheart, Owen and living in a farmhouse they restored together. Without warning, however, that dream life is shattered when Owen tells her he’s met someone else. Her world in a tail spin, Daphne must determine how she will move on. Will it be with Owen, or alone? The already devastating situation is worsened when a horrible accident forces Daphne to rethink her decision. Everything seems to be falling back into place before her, a return to her previous life within reach. However, is that the life she wants to lead now? Or is her past a distant future, requiring a new future, without Owen?

So, needless to say, Save Me is not the kind of book I typically read. That said, in my attempt to step outside my comfort zone, I decided to give it a try. Honestly, I still don’t know how I feel. I wanted to love Daphne’s character, I did. However, instead I wanted to grab her by the shoulders and shake some sense into her. I’m a strong woman and to see women (even if they are fictional) so reliant upon men for their happiness sickens me. In the midst of this turmoil in her marriage, she begins dating. Seriously!? How about taking a step away from relationships and love and taking the time to think what you want for yourself. I got so hung up on her character that I couldn’t see past her flaws to the message the author was trying to reveal. I just couldn’t get past it, even throwing the book a few times out of frustration

I know relationships aren’t all butterflies and rainbows and unicorns. Things like this happen. However, if I’m going to read about them I want them to be more realistic, even if my own interpretation of reality is far-fetched and implausible.

I fully believe my reading experience may be jaded and isolated. All this said, I won’t tell you NOT to read this book. I just won’t jump up and down out of excitement, begging you to read it.

Have you read this book? I’d be interested in your opinion!