Heart of the matter is a New York Times Best-selling book, written by a Best-selling author Emily Giffin. This book portrays the themes of love and honesty. This book address women more than men. The idea and the conflicts are something more women would prefer to read about then guys.
This romantic novel tells us the lives of three people. Valerie Anderson, Tessa Russo, and Nick Russo. Valerie is a single mother of a boy named Charlie. With the help of her brother Jason, they raise her son together. Jason is a homosexual and has a boyfriend named Hank who is a tennis instructor. Tessa Russo is the wife of pediatric surgeon Nick Russo. Together they have one daughter and one son named Ruby and Frank. Seven years ago, Tessa was going to marry one of her boyfriends named Ryan. The wedding was in three weeks, when one day she went on the subway and met the man of her dreams. I’d call it love at first sight because Tessa didn’t even know Nick’s name and they both knew that they were right for each other. Tessa broke off the wedding and married Nick.
Charlie had an invitation to go to one of his friend’s birthday party. Valerie is always afraid something bad will happen so she usually doesn’t allow Charlie to go. The parents of his friend were nagging Valerie too much that she decided to let him go. At the party, Charlie accidentally fell into the bonfire and burned half of his body. Nick Russo was the best pediatric surgeon so he was assigned the case. After some time Valerie and Nick bonded and began to form a relationship. Valerie knew Nick was married but she couldn’t help it. Nick felt he wasn’t doing anything wrong because he wasn’t sleeping with her. After sometime, he slept with her once and regretted because he realized he still loves Tessa. He ended his relationship as nice as possible but still everyone was upset. He had to tell Tessa the truth and she forced him out of the house. Charlie was very heartbroken about the whole situation because he liked Nick a lot. He considered him his father almost. Now, he can’t see him and probably never will.
I didn’t enjoy this book as I enjoyed all the other ones. I thought that this book was longer than it needed to be. It felt like the author kept on dragging the story longer than it needed to be. The idea and the conflict were good. I wish though that thee story could have a happy ending rather than an unexplained one. At the end we are left to make conclusions. I feel very bad for Charlie, because he has no father and lost the closest thing to a father. I also feel bad for Valerie, she has struggled all through her life ever since she was in high school. She was the quiet and shy girl while her brother, Jason, was one the most popular kid in the school.
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