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A review by mattpfarr
Bo's Cafe by Bill Thrall
4.0
This is a story about a young executive who is thrust by getting kicked out of his house due to his outbursts of anger into the journey or realizing his true self. After living his life in a facade to cover up his own pain and guilt he is in a very stubborn denial of his own issues. This is a journey that everyone should take; I wish I had many years earlier than I did. The book does a pretty good job of portraying for the most part. There are some missteps, some that really pulled me out of it. But overall it was well crafted and kept my interest.
A bit of a spoiler but one of the missteps really was hard to overlook. In one scene it is basically confirmed that his wife has a relationship with a man that falls pretty hard into emotional affair. He understandably gets upset and has an outburtst (who wouldn't?). The issue is never addressed again except to illustrate how much he still has anger even though he claimed to be over it. He confronts her in her denial and deceptions regarding it but she just completely pivots and blows it off as he is getting too angry. I mean, of course. If you have an inappropriate relationship outside of your marriage it is probably going to upset your spouse. Whether the reaction is an overreaction or not doesn't really change that you betrayed them in some way. This is a major plot mistake that made it hard for me to get back into the actual message of the story which is a good one. To note, in my study group that read it, I was the only one who saw this that way so maybe it is a personal thing.
A bit of a spoiler but one of the missteps really was hard to overlook. In one scene it is basically confirmed that his wife has a relationship with a man that falls pretty hard into emotional affair. He understandably gets upset and has an outburtst (who wouldn't?). The issue is never addressed again except to illustrate how much he still has anger even though he claimed to be over it. He confronts her in her denial and deceptions regarding it but she just completely pivots and blows it off as he is getting too angry. I mean, of course. If you have an inappropriate relationship outside of your marriage it is probably going to upset your spouse. Whether the reaction is an overreaction or not doesn't really change that you betrayed them in some way. This is a major plot mistake that made it hard for me to get back into the actual message of the story which is a good one. To note, in my study group that read it, I was the only one who saw this that way so maybe it is a personal thing.