Everything she does focuses on her and her feelings, and rarely on others (until they directly impact her life).
Annie is self-centred, immature, indecisive and often moping. I suppose I should be used to that by now – most of Dave’s books have centred on a female character I haven’t liked. I found myself surprisingly amused by some of the dialogue, enjoying some of the side characters (particularly Peter, and the briefly-seen Melinda).
This book is nowhere as good as Sunshine or Last Thing, but I liked it far, far better than London. Griffin, the husband she married in a six-month rebound after ending a long-term relationship with Nick, is a likable chef with more personality than some of the other men Dave has written. She is a little less in-depth than some of Dave’s other protagonists, perhaps in an effort to give her more relatability to a broader swath of readers. Annie, the main character in this outing, is trying to find herself. If you’re coming to First Husband already a fan of Dave’s, then it’s fairly enjoyable. It feels important to clue everyone up on this order – both mine and hers – because her final two were definitely my favourite of the bunch (with Sunshine being my personal choice). The First Husband is third in her repertoire, and my fifth of her books, after The Last Thing He Told Me (her 6th), London Is The Best City in America (her 1st), 800 Grapes (her 4th), and Hello, Sunshine (her 5th). Another step – and my penultimate one – down my somewhat-random-and-not-entirely-reasonable recent trek through Laura Dave’s books.
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