Despite a temporary relief in the end, the real end remains confusing. 'Frankenstein has never gone out of print,' muses Linda, 'because everyone sees a bit of themselves in both the scientist and the monster'. The many references to both Jekyll and Hyde and Frankenstein – Mary Shelley wrote the novel in Geneva – promote the sense of the monster within. She is out of control, driven only by the most base of emotions, swinging precariously between normality, depression and insanity. Winning him over becomes an obsession 'like a virus has infected the computer'. She 'falls in love' with Jacob, 'the teenage boyfriend I met back when anything was possible', who is now a prominent politician. An oppressive blanket of depression overcomes her, a sense of doom that threatens to shatter the reality she has so carefully constructed. His protagonist Linda is a successful journalist, living a comfortable life wife very loving husband and two children. In Adultery too, Coelho asks a lot of questions but doesn't answer them. However, unanswered questions lead to nowhere, and hence we tend not to pick such books which do not give you solutions. Sometimes he answers them but most of the time he chooses not to.

There are questions in all books by Coelho. I was expecting something better than Aleph (his last release before Adultery) this time.

Unfortunately, Adultery is not such a book. So much so that I would look forward to his next release when it was announced. I have read several books by him, and honestly, have liked many of his works. How many times can you narratel the same kind of story and expect it to become a hit? I read Paulo Coelho.

Adultery by paulo coelho