I flew through this novel. There were some great lines. The first half was a 5-star book for sure... 
 This started off with the perfect raunchy tone and subject matter that I was in the mood for. It starts with a divorced forty-six yr-old mom, Eve, taking her son to college. We also get scenes from the son's perspective, which were the strongest parts of this novel. 
 To me, Eve's character was inconsistent, which is fine, but she did not grow, or evolve; and there were so many opportunities for her to do so. I wouldn't have minded if she actually devolved, or went temporarily insane, or down a dark path. I have not read any other Tom Perrotta (I'm ashamed to say) so I probably shouldn't judge on just this one woman character without having met his woman characters from his other books, but I feel like Perrotta would not let Eve awaken to a full sexual adventure. (view spoiler)[There was that one scene, but Eve feels apologetic for it, and never does anything like that again and so we can forgive her as she ends up a "good girl." (hide spoiler)] Thoughts? 
 I would love to talk about this with a book club. 
 This gets points for lots to talk about. Ultimately I had some problems with it--character arcs that were disappointing or unbelievable and that ending that (view spoiler)[took a trope right out of a romance novel, which did not belong. (I like romance novels, but this was not a romance novel!) For all the edginess of the content, the flip into a happily-ever after...Really--to end up with the reliable guy who is mourning his wife? Tom Perrotta, do you not know that is a Romance cliche? Which I love, IN A ROMANCE NOVEL. (hide spoiler)] did not fit.