The character Emma from “Madame Bovary” can be seen as a failure in some sense, resorting to a world of fantasy and adultery that has dire consequences.
“Emma is beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. An ardent devourer of sentimental novels, she longs for passion and seeks escape in fantasies of high romance, in voracious spending and, eventually, in adultery. But even her affairs bring her disappointment, and when real life continues to fail to live up to her romantic expectations, the consequences are devastating. Flaubert’s erotically charged and psychologically acute portrayal of Emma Bovary caused a moral outcry on its publication in 1857. It was deemed so lifelike that many women claimed they were the model for his heroine; but Flaubert insisted: ‘Madame Bovary, c’est moi.'”
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If you want to go for an absolute ride, check out My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh or Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
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Oh, you want some Gillian Flynn.
For only short term commitment, [The Grownup](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26025580-the-grownup). If you like her style, [Dark Places](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5886881-dark-places).
The character Emma from “Madame Bovary” can be seen as a failure in some sense, resorting to a world of fantasy and adultery that has dire consequences.
“Emma is beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. An ardent devourer of sentimental novels, she longs for passion and seeks escape in fantasies of high romance, in voracious spending and, eventually, in adultery. But even her affairs bring her disappointment, and when real life continues to fail to live up to her romantic expectations, the consequences are devastating. Flaubert’s erotically charged and psychologically acute portrayal of Emma Bovary caused a moral outcry on its publication in 1857. It was deemed so lifelike that many women claimed they were the model for his heroine; but Flaubert insisted: ‘Madame Bovary, c’est moi.'”
If you want to go for an absolute ride, check out My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh or Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
[Georgie, All Along by Kate Clayborn](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60604190)
It was cute, easy read. I loved the MCs love interest haha