The Life and Loves of a She-Devil

"I remember this book having such an impact on me. It’s about transformation and revenge, which is a theme that seems to be developing here. These books are all about wronged women and revenge, which probably tells you a lot about these authors. It’s about not taking things lying down. The leading female in this book is not very attractive. She has a relatively attractive husband who doesn’t treat her very well and gets tempted away by a romantic novelist. The wife then just goes on this absolute mission to destroy both of them, at the cost of actually abandoning her children, which is a bit questionable. [SPOILER ALERT] I still remember the book to this day. I don’t want to spoil it for readers who haven’t read it, but she has surgery to actually look exactly like the woman her husband left her for. She doesn’t stop until she’s got this woman’s life. It’s one of the most remarkable stories ever, and the TV dramatization won just about every award there was. So we have got a theme here, that these books are about wronged women getting revenge. Let’s see if it continues."