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A review by sbojo32
The Intangible by C.J. Washington
3.0
After finishing this book, I'm still not sure what to think of it. I liked it, yes, but it also took a long time to get through. It is very character-driven, rather than action-driver or even plot-driven. We learn a lot about Amanda and Patrick (and Marissa). Amanda is married to Derrick (we don't get a lot about him), and they kept trying to have a baby. She got pregnant when she had an affair and then miscarried. However, her body still looks pregnant, she knows in her head that she is not pregnant, but she still feels all the pregnancy symptoms.
For this, she seeks the help of Patrick, a neuroscientist married to Marissa, a mathmetician. Patrick and Marissa have experienced their own trauma and are growing apart as they each try to deal with it.
This isn't a story of torrid love affairs but marriages that are struggling to stay together and what it means to be there for someone the way they need you to be - rather than the way you need to be. There is a difference and for me, this book explored that.
For this, she seeks the help of Patrick, a neuroscientist married to Marissa, a mathmetician. Patrick and Marissa have experienced their own trauma and are growing apart as they each try to deal with it.
This isn't a story of torrid love affairs but marriages that are struggling to stay together and what it means to be there for someone the way they need you to be - rather than the way you need to be. There is a difference and for me, this book explored that.