The Confession Club is a light and comfortable novel and a quick read. It's the perfect novel if you're looking for something feel-good and not too challenging emotionally. The story is partly about a group of women who meet periodically to take turns making confessions. The confession club, at times, fades into the background of the other main storylines, and the characters are not drawn with particular depth. A few of the confession club members are fleshed out, but even at the end I had a hard time distinguishing them. The confessions are sometimes moving, although the narrative seems to move past them pretty quickly. There are also a lot of platitudes about loving yourself, making yourself happy, and being a good person.
The meat of the narrative comes in two storylines: Maddy, who is estranged from her husband, and Iris, who teaches baking classes and falls in love with a homeless man who has taken refuge in a farmhouse in town. Both of these storylines are sweet and engrossing, and the story of the homeless vet's struggles with PTSD is moving.
Overall, this is an enjoyable book, but not one that's likely to keep me up thinking about it.
I received an ARC of this novel from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
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