Review: Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Published: September 20, 2018

Publisher: Amazon Original Stories

Format: purchased

Rating: 5/5

Synopsis

Dear Stranger…

A desperate young woman in Southern California sits down to write a letter to a man she’s never met—a choice that will forever change both their lives.

My heart goes out to you, David. Even though I do not know you…

The correspondence between Carrie Allsop and David Mayer reveals, piece by piece, the painful details of a devastating affair between their spouses. With each commiserating scratch of the pen, they confess their fears and bare their souls. They share the bewilderment over how things went so wrong and come to wonder where to go from here.

Told entirely through the letters of two comforting strangers and those of two illicit lovers, Evidence of the Affair explores the complex nature of the heart. And ultimately, for one woman, how liberating it can be when it’s broken.

My Thoughts

Another winner by Taylor Jenkins Reid! In Evidence of the Affair, we met Carrie who has just found out that her husband is having an affair and she decides to write a letter to the husband of the women and soon they are corresponding and trying to figure out what they want to do with their spouses and their futures.

This read is done in pure letter form which I loved. I enjoyed how Carrie and David helped each other through this difficult time and in time they meet and their closeness is apparently clear. Their emotions run from hatred to sadness to love despite everything and all are so understandable. I liked how we didn't get the whole story of their time together until the end and what happened there just tear me apart.

This is another gem by TJR and even though this was a very short read it was better than some full length novels I’ve read lately. This is definitely worth the time and I highly encourage everyone to read this heartbreaking read.