This polygamist thriller book had the worst plot twists I've ever seen...

[@joym5372]

THIS BOOK IS FROM 2019????? WHY DOES IT READ LIKE A 2009 WATTPAD/QUOTEV STORY???? I---WHAT???

[@pixiegraytail4800]

Joy M more like 1889 penny romance

[@lilithium3940]

omg you just unrepressed quotev from my memories

[@supermouse73]

You didn’t need to remind me that Quotev existed and yet you did anyway

[@TheMegannZ]

The fact that you know what quotev is is amazing. I never hear from them lmao

[@aaaaan8312]

2009 might even be too modern for this lol

[@gabrielsouza8480]

This book sounds like it's meant to raise awareness about gaslighting by gaslighting everyone who reads it

[@brattyprincess808]

lmaoo

[@dpathangi6691]

“It’ll all be revealed later and it still won’t make sense” sounds like a thrilling novel about me in math class

[@withcindy]

ill do what i did in my calculus exam, and just walk out of the room

[@AikiraBeats]

Yes that is true

[@Monie71793]

But, like, same. 😩😂⚰⚰

[@PassTheMarmalade1957]

"She likes hiking, sushi, and autobiographies. What a bore!" Thursday, your hobbies include pottery, Netflix, and setting the table.

[@mysticpixie0838]

With vagina flowers

[@alexjewett7455]

Don't forget sucking the husband's dick, both literally and figuratively.

[@ahoy_m8y]

You know a character is one dimensional beyond all reason when one of her few hobbies is *t a b l e s e t t i n g*

[@thehermit8618]

You forgot her real and only hobby: Seth. Checkmate athiest

[@mer_acle8101]

I don't even LIKE pottery! (it's a reference don't kill me)

[@ayostap6700]

"Do ThE FloWerS RemINd YoU Of My CLiT!?" "Ma'am, this is a McDonald's drive through- "

[@mintybubz985]

i said the same thing but in Wendys at this moment xD

[@humannolastname4330]

Minty Bubz I said Starbucks lol

[@smilesxo06]

Ma'am this is Wendy's-

[@itsclemtime2357]

Ma’am this is a KFC

[@Azure_Sandora]

Here I am just putting on _pink lipstick._ If you know, you know~ ;)

[@jimphoenix494]

"Played my spine like a saxophone" ah yes, Careless Backpain

[@withcindy]

im never gonna bend again, guilty spine have got no rhythm

[@jimphoenix494]

@@withcindy I'm never gonna bend again, the way I had to bend before *LOUD SAX*

[@athena139]

i choked holy shit

[@ralphsauls8577]

*I WHEEZED-*

[@abbyr8664]

This makes me think of that one Kurtis Connor video "straight people need to stop" where there's a lady who's being played like a violin😳

[@yodelere5933]

“He has 3 wives and the mystery of this entire novel is why they even like him” this is the ultimate proof that sexuality is not a choice

[@reynhacoezy5510]

*choke on my saliva*

[@seignee]

@@reynhacoezy5510 hot

[@savoryandsalty]

@@seignee I don't shame fetishes but-

[@Unknown-uk9he]

mee kai Uhm

[@whileyouwerereadingthis]

@ronak Mina don't knock it till youve tried em

[@aandthensome]

his 3 wives were literally gaslight gatekeep girlboss

[@chaosraccoonthethird]

Lmao 💀

[@gothkurata]

no but actually LMAO wife 1: gaslight (literally gaslighted wife 2) wife 2: gatekeep (she was jeaous or something and wanted the guy to herself LMAO) wife 3: girlboss, the only one who had a kid i guess

[@mckennadevore8692]

@@gothkuratayes that is what they said

[@VeggieMama722]

The 3 wives never existed

[@haleywagner2827]

An over thirty minute compilation of “Are the straights ok?”

[@avvrgtpg]

ah yes

[@Scp-cz7xp]

Haley Wagner The straights aren’t okay

[@BooksToAshes]

Humans in general are not okay

[@dr.anderson1847]

Straight people: "Omg I love you and I will give up evertying in my life for you" Me and my boyfriend: "Bruh" "Bruh"

[@kaylal.107]

I am certainly not okay 😌

[@dantemcedgelord8168]

Me: “mum can we get the Handmaid’s Tale?” Mum: “we have Handmaid’s Tale at home” The Handmaid’s Tale at home:

[@elysian_b.k826]

Christian Gorgievski I was 666th like 😎

[@laur-unstagenameactuallyca1587]

I can say lol now because I laughed audibly for the first time at a youtube comment.

[@pedrorian528]

💀💀💀

[@pyreworks5210]

Or like walmart version of Girl on the Train

[@isabelwilliams233]

CRYING

[@rainmer471]

when the female characters are so unimportant they're named after when the man interacts with them-

[@nobitanobi3475]

@@rayven5534 I agree .

[@EmilyHernandez-jt4cs]

I love your pfp, can we be friends.

[@moustik31]

But Tuesday gets it on Thursday, no? Nvm, the subtitles played a number on me.

[@galaxychill9578]

@@EmilyHernandez-jt4cs don't trust green hair

[@_kiiko]

@@rayven5534 can we not insult fanfics pls

[@monolithic6382]

He don’t cook he don’t clean, so how he get that ring???

[@simranbhatla6030]

I love this comment

[@pinkytoedestroyer]

He gobbled it, swallowed it, dripped down the side of it‼️

[@jnjproductions8283]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@philipphilip5539]

@@pinkytoedestroyer this has 69 likes im not gonna ruin it

[@fortunatecookie]

“Don’t listen to women in abusive relationships, they’re all cray-cray” the book

[@sinistrecigogne]

I raise you this: "Gaslighting", the novel.

[@Kkanon]

crazy*

[@mollycblaeser]

​@@Kkanonr/whoosh

[@Kkanon]

@@mollycblaeser r/woooosh*

[@ewwpoorpeople5684]

I like to think that “setting the table” means spelling the word “vagina” in pink rose petals

[@riatanet1609]

I’d like but 420 bruv

[@hyeohs]

666 oh sht

[@gabbyabbott4965]

Damn they got both of the sacred numbers. Respect.

[@CoRLex-jh5vx]

🌹 _V 🌸 A 🌹 G 🌸 I 🌹 N 🌸 A_ 🌹

[@hedroppedthecheesecake6455]

You- you mean that’s not what it is ??? 😳😳

[@mimemmo1988]

Sometimes self care is smashing a woman's head into the ground of your psychiatric ward.

[@werewolf4358]

Lady walks into the cell of a mentally ill woman who tried to murder her once before and shot her ex in the knee, just to taunt her about the very thing that set her off in the first place. Not going to say "she deserved that" or whatever, but when she said "I'm helping me" she ain't exactly lying. Makes it pretty funny to me.

[@Rewildyourlife]

I snorted 🤣

[@aslan_wakes7709]

I just started the video WHAT DOES THIS MEAN

[@sharonspears-mandeville2369]

_[*Confused face*]_ ... _What?_

[@aceface5188]

Slay 😊❤😘🥰🤩🤑💋💅💎💰💖✨

[@Glitch.error4c4]

Seth's only personality trait is he likes Mexican food

[@blackgobbogaming4236]

I've read this book twice and that is far more accurate than it has any right to be. And you said it better than I ever could. Kudos to you.

[@TecTitan]

@@blackgobbogaming4236 How can you be certain that this mexican food bit was ever even real in the first place? ofc I mean "real" in a story sense, for all we know he just threw a hotdog and some grapes on the table and she decided to have the affair on the spot.

[@ashikjaman1940]

@@TecTitan it's obviously fake because Mexicans aren't real

[@tsou22]

but does he really? i honestly don't even know

[@alyssaj8779]

that and gaslighting

[@geenstagni1060]

In school we learn about conflicts like man vs. man, man vs. self, and man vs. society But what schools aren’t teaching us is my favourite conflict: Cindy vs. the YA agenda

[@withcindy]

THIS ISNT YA .

[@mariebaillet9800]

@@withcindy THAT'S the real plot twist. It was YA all along

[@thewarriorcat121]

I prefer this kind of story, reader VS author

[@barelyfunctioning3982]

Geen Stagni How about women vs women vs women lol

[@Jokobub]

I love how Seth just takes more wives when he finds out something inconvenient about the previous one. There’s no discussion beforehand, no mutual decision, no actual desire for or attraction to another loving presence. The only driving force here is babies Doesn’t want kids? Better get a new one Had one miscarriage? New wife time At that point it’s not even polygamy, he’s just hoarding women

[@withcindy]

Seth is a picky man

[@Celestialstars0109]

😂🤣 idk why but I lol’d

[@crybirdy-crowes7764]

Seth needs to fuckin share bruh

[@cakecrumb095]

He makes Henry VIII look like a saint.

[@blacktigerpaw1]

That's basically the plot of Sister Wives.

[@TheCranberryKnight]

This book has it all: Anti-polyamory, anti-feminism, transphobia, Utah.

[@withcindy]

the perfect recipe

[@commodoreluigi1596]

Utah joins the states everyone clowns on

[@kateh.2324]

oh god not utah

[@trees____383]

Commodore Luigi yes, alongside Florida and Alabama

[@commodoreluigi1596]

@@trees____383 you forgot new jersey and California lol

[@booksandmanga5978]

the fact that colleen hoover herself rated this 5 stars in goodreads 😭

[@mer_acle8101]

they are friends, one of CoHo's side characters is named Tarryn after the author and I'm mad bc Tarryn is a cool name and now it's tarnished

[@imawakemymindisalive13]

i think she dedicated one of her books to tarryn 💀

[@AlondraAcevedo-ww6hf]

NO WAY. 😂

[@scarletbitch866]

Augh, she would 🤮

[@nickyn1083]

They wrote a book together apparently 💀

[@evelelro]

"It's not that I don't have a personality, I'm just unhealthily obsessed and base my personality off of a person who doesnt even see me for more than half of the week."

[@withcindy]

goals!!

[@quitealady3930]

This doesn't sound like it was written by a woman nor by someone who understands polygamy.

[@LuckyLittleLoki]

I KNOW RIGHT IT MADE ME SO SADD IM A POLYGAMIST AND IT MADE ME SO SAD TO SEE THATS WHERE IT WENT :((

[@coralia.i]

@@LuckyLittleLoki SAME I CANT TRUST PUBLISHED BOOKS!! ONLY FANFICTION CAN BE TRUSTED AT THIS POiNt(if that tags hint at it being properly represented ofc)

[@premiumsoy5424]

Trust me, it's not just some men who write like this, a lot of women write stories like this book to satisfy their fetishes

[@shellyyas]

@@coralia.i recommend some good ones to me? 🥺🥺 This one sort of ruined my brain cells

[@coralia.i]

@@shellyyas depends on which fandom you're thinking of? Each handles Polyamory differently. Undertale by far has the healthiest polyamory fanfics I've seen and it's surprising ngl. They do actual research or are actual Polyam people who know how this works. On the other hand, you have anime polyam and most of them are pretty toxic and use a lot of tropes and myths about being polyamorous.

[@InTheMorningSnow]

Man, I wish the plot twist was actually that Seth did have three wives but only Thursday knew about the polygamy. And he just manipulated everyone into thinking she's crazy. Because then all three women could dump him and get their own happily ever after

[@InTheMorningSnow]

@Black Knight Fool A: I'm not a lesbian B: I didn't say they all end up together. Women can have a happy ending in fiction without being in a relationship

[@InTheMorningSnow]

@Black Knight Fool how does criticizing a book make someone a "lesbian incel"? Because none of the issues brought up were about the fact that the narrator is attracted to men

[@zoekate9943]

Black Knight Fool projecting that you’re an onto others truely reveals who you are

[@ferablue1318]

Ngl I read all these comments thinking that everyone started their comments by calling this person a Fool like some uppity grandma in a period drama

[@ferablue1318]

Also it’s sounds like the other woman

[@Katlyniam]

I kid you not . . . the line "Whenever I meet a girl, my ovaries basically become like a boxing glove and I'm ready to beat her ass" had water coming out of my nose. I cannot breathe. Oh my god. I love this.

[@OopsIDidItAgainUh]

IKR this book should be in r/badwomensanatomy 😭

[@ownitervi241]

😮

[@imawakemymindisalive13]

this is inspirational. andrea tate who???

[@karmajester6504]

I hope you were drinking water, otherwise I’d worry where it came from

[@noodlepoodle3582]

Ok, but like, I highkey hate the message of this book. My cousin has had several miscarriges that were absolutely devastating and the whole “woman goes crazy after miscarriage” thing is disgusting. Thankfully, my cousin is fine now, but I’m still mad at the book. This should have gone on Wattpad, not through an actual publisher.

[@withcindy]

i agree, it was so gross

[@lisahill1576]

To be fair, she seemed crazy before the miscarriage

[@verybarebones]

In wattpad it might end up reported and deleted 😂

[@freelemonade9695]

nihil est enim as it should be

[@justalostlocal]

@@verybarebones So you're telling me even folks on wettpad has more sense? God whoever approved this has some screws loose in their head.

[@mariebaillet9800]

This book being written by a woman is why we still need feminism.

[@withcindy]

yes.

[@jadahoizer9668]

I refuse to believe that this was written by a woman

[@InfernoBot]

@@jadahoizer9668 same.

[@ilyuser]

@@jadahoizer9668 internalised misogyny is a bitch

[@angelxxsin]

@@jadahoizer9668 It gets worse when you check out reviews for her previous books and you realize she apparently self-inserts all the time. Her protagonists are all inspired by herself.

[@xixian5196]

hearing Cindy complain about awful books is such a confidence boost to my writing

[@AikiraBeats]

Same like as long as it's not that bad I'm fine with it

[@withcindy]

I'm glad it inspires you

[@xixian5196]

readwithcindy //honestly when I’m writing something dumb and I realize it, my mind just goes to you insulting that scene with a weird sexual innuendo

[@plutonium09]

How did this book go from vagina flowers to alternate realities 😭

[@mysticpixie0838]

IKR

[@daniboy4153]

The plot thickens...

[@imawakemymindisalive13]

reading this with no context is crazy 😂

[@user-sg4ov7ng4h]

@@imawakemymindisalive13 bro it's still crazy with context, i saw this video twice and i'm still lost

[@Kittyhalk]

I was hoping against hope that all the "wives" would get together and kill Seth, realize the worth of other women, then date each other, but I see they went the hallucination route instead. Okie dokie then.

[@lee2791]

Emilie Chi Same- we all have too much gay optimism

[@Myr642]

Literally started plotting something like this when I got to the part about the bruises on Hannah’s wrist

[@alisathemushroom9923]

That sounds like an interesting story. It could work to inform people about polygamy. First starting out with a bad, harmful version which people might first think of, but then showing a healthy, beneficial triad relationship. It could deal with female empowerment and discuss topics of abuse and healing

[@noonelikesmycomment3891]

That's so *seen it all*

[@taylorgayhart9497]

Agreed!!!!! The whole Regina blaming Thursday for her marriage ending thing, and Hannah being more concerned about Thursday than her husband cheating, just pissed me off. Yes both parties are to blame when someone cheats, but it’s Seth who betrayed them, why isn’t Regina trying to ruin Seth’s life instead of Thursday’s? And then to antagonize her after finding out she is crazy and had delusions about what was going on, what was she thinking? None of these women have any brains!

[@caseyworldsfair]

the internalised misogyny... whew

[@namename2679]

Yeaa

[@925263]

Is this a YA? -Plain-looking, but actually a bombshell -Her whole personality is based around him -Male love interest with even less personality than that

[@925263]

Bruh, I already commented an hour ago. Might be drunk

[@withcindy]

unfortunately it is an adult book

[@radioreprise]

but without some categories/houses to sort everyone into, is it really a ya?

[@AikiraBeats]

Yep seems to checks all the boxes

[@Littllebabydoll]

This literally sounds like a sexist boomer joke made into a book.

[@Thenoobestgirl]

YES

[@irishalchemy]

Someday, son, you will want to marry a woman. You want a woman who is beautiful. A woman who is smart. A woman who is wealthy. And most importantly, you must make sure that these women never meet. 🙄

[@manologamerss5801]

@@irishalchemy It's not quite enough for laughter, but that joke is more entertaining than this entire book.

[@brunetteartist24]

"He has 3 wives and the mystery of this entire novel is why they even like him" Me @ 98% harem and reverse harem anime

[@DingoTheDemon]

I'd like to think Ouran is in the 2% lol

[@purelysmetalnightcore]

At least My Next Life As a Villainess shows exactly why everyone loves the MC in a realistic way.

[@brunetteartist24]

@@purelysmetalnightcore ohmygosh yess i am absolutely loving that show Like the characters actually have some flavour on them instead of just being pretty cardboard cutouts

[@brunetteartist24]

@@DingoTheDemon ouran is one of the best in my opinion ✌🏽

[@iloveubut]

The most boring protagonist thats kindaaa cute : *exists* All the other hot guys or girls : you're the love of my life i would do anything for you, if i cant have you i'll settle for your newborn daughter

[@asdfghjklasdfghjkl321]

Lady in problematic book: I don't like Mexican food I'm not like the other girls Me: Weird racist sexist flex but ok

[@withcindy]

JUST kidding HAHA what sort of MESSED UP PERSON doesnt like MEXICAN FOOD ?!?! TACOS EVERY DAY !!! im quirky

[@TheBlah35]

“This just somehow feels racist” I’m Mexican and was thinking the same thing lmaoo

[@withcindy]

glad u confirmed

[@Sunzu49]

Like in _Fault in Our Stars_ when Hazel and Augustus complain about eating Mexican tomatoes.

[@blacktigerpaw1]

@@Sunzu49 Or kiss in a Holo Caust museum lel

[@atmidnightdearleader1882]

Could u explain to me why it is racist? Bc I dont understand

[@user-gt6im5fc5h]

blacktigerpaw1 CFC g hi

[@beckyginger3432]

Wow that transphobia CAME HARD out of fucking nowhere

[@Lechgang]

I like to think of it as a last minute inclusion by the editors to deter anyone from reading any further.

[@silverofthesunbears]

NAH I JUST WAS WATCHING THIS LIKE "Ew nasty finger fetish fanfic" as a trans woman with my bf AND I LITERALLY SCREAMED INTO MY PILLOW LIKE WHERE DID THIS COME FROM

[@piretiris8223]

Where's the transphobia?

[@patienceanon]

it's at 10:39 @@piretiris8223

[@mckennadevore8692]

@@piretiris8223 somewhere in the middle of the video, the writer says that finding out (something or other i dont remember) is like finding out a man is “really a woman”. its a ‘joke’ about trans men

[@eggnblood]

So wait. One miscarriage and she is definitely infertile?? Miscarriage are tragic. But not incredibely rare. And definitely not a definitivr sign of uncurable infertility.

[@withcindy]

i guess they just gave up after the first miscarriage and moved onto a new wife

[@musicalnerds101]

In Chanelles review she mentions that she had to have a hysterectomy which is when you have to get your uterus/parts of it removed making you infertile.

[@oliviaocasain9980]

This is the prequel to the handmaid's tale

[@gabbyabbott4965]

My mom had two miscarriages before having me soooo 😬😬😬 not an incurable disease. Miscarriages are sadly not that rare. Also can society stop shaming women for not immediately popping out a perfect baby.

[@emeryeladren]

@@withcindy isn't that the only reasonable response?

[@mathis3440]

I remember hearing about a man in a polygamist cult with 5 wives, and once his daughters started getting into their teens he started to realize how deeply abusive their church actually was. So he obviously wanted to get his family out of there, but that meant having to convince all of his wives to leave basically everyone they’d ever known, and he had to be incredibly careful because if anyone in the church figured them out they’d basically kidnap his entire family and he’d potentially never see them again. Like writing a thriller about polygamy is not hard in the slightest, that shit’s super intense in real life.

[@laurene988]

That sounds more suspenseful and interesting than anything in this book... Although calling it a book makes it sound way too legitimate

[@KikiYushima]

Watch the series Escaping Polygamy and you'll see it as it is in real life.

[@darkdream1469]

Damn.. That could have been an incredible thriller.

[@reesesbeanses]

the Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) is a great research topic if you like being sad

[@TesseractHeartMisc]

I think that story (or a very similar story) was in an episode of Escaping Polygamy; it was some off the wall stuff. That show is so good but so sad at the same time; a lot of these situations are so tragic.

[@RoseRamblesYT]

I feel like this entire book can be summarized with the John Mulaney quote/meme: "Now we don't have time to unpack all of that."

[@hsmacaraig]

Rose Rambles yesss

[@Sam-on5jf]

or BDG's: and honestly I do not have the time to unpack this bullshit.

[@dirkstrider657]

The beginning of the book had a strong premise. What if thursday somehow found out the identity of one of the other wives (without her husband knowing) and finding out the other wife was brutally murdered. The police suspect the wive's missing husband. A mystery/thriller story about Thursday finding the identity of the other wives in order to warn/save them and slowly uncover her husband's real nature/job. It could be interesting to see her question her relationship, herself, and her sanity. What if the murdered woman isn't another wife at all? What if she's imagining things? (Spoiler: she's not) She has a dilemma of "Do I tell my husband? What if he's innocent and my paranoia ruins our relationship? What if it's true? Am I prepared to love a murderer? What if he hurts me too? Is he really capable of that?" The book already has themes of emotional abuse and gaslighting. They'd work well in a book like this too. Instead of woman hating eachother for no reason it could be about woman coming together to overcome their abuser.

[@safala]

This is far better than 'she went crazy' twist.

[@sylviagodsmith6957]

Instead, why not you write it? Albeit different? For it seems very good and original.❤

[@vennox_3]

Write a book I'm begging you

[@cookiecore1962]

I was actually thinking this would’ve been the plot since I briefly forgot that we have been warned that the plot makes no sense 😂

[@adrianomaly1760]

🎉love it! Write this book, it sounds good :))

[@aliensuperweapon]

Miscarriage --- yes it must be the fault of the woman's eggs. Gotta find one with better egg quality. What the actual F.

[@Ravensabird]

NARCISSISTIC 😒

[@TecTitan]

but that turned out to be poison And than that reveal was revealed to have not been a real reveal but a fake reveal to hide the real reveal that the main character is the worst kind of unreliable narration.

[@lesbiangoddess290]

Henry viii's life motto.

[@antifantastisch4467]

This is the prequel to Handmaid's Tale

[@magic8girl]

@@lesbiangoddess290 FOUL

[@MimmyckChor]

And here I was, naïvely thinking the twist would be he had a wife for every weekday. Seth wasn’t dreaming big enough, in my opinion.

[@LaMoirae]

Ngl, that was my initial guess too

[@itsclemtime2357]

This entire book is basically just **”Sir, this is a Wendy’s”**

[@cinnamoony3996]

GAHGSHJAHGshj

[@corv3007]

@@cinnamoony3996 sir this is a burger king

[@beelieboo]

@@corv3007 THEY’RE HAVING A HEART ATTACK WDYM THIS IS A BURGER KING??????

[@theunstablewoki6022]

@@beelieboo you play obey me 🐱

[@beelieboo]

@@theunstablewoki6022 yeah-?

[@nataliaandreaninogomez5912]

Him explaining his 'poligamy' because he's from Utah is just like when Lele Pons responds to everything with "I'm latina!"

[@Jade_West2010]

"I'm Latina!" "Lele, you just killed 500 people."

[@imawakemymindisalive13]

when cindy said “in utah you gotta get the puta” i actually cried laughing

[@chaotictiredbastard]

I think it's supposed to be like a Mormonism thing?? There's the joke that Mormons make up like 95% of Utah's population and the stereotype that Mormon men have 10 wives, so I think it was trying to allude to that in some way. IDK though.

[@melanfolly]

And also I love how the flowers weren’t actually necessary, because the moment he steps into the house, she’s already on him. The dinner decorations weren’t even useful in any way.

[@withcindy]

its about SETTING THE SCENE

[@dravion3269]

We love it when characters/people with mental health issues are labeled as crazy and dangerous! It's very cute and so woke! 💃

[@withcindy]

so cute and quirky!!

[@Lunaiinmidnight]

OH NO I CANNOT ------

[@gracegiammarresi665]

I can’t this author clearly has no knowledge regarding mental illnesses

[@byrnetdown6076]

especially when those mental health issues are triggered by their piece of shit boyfriend ???? jfc

[@mariosblago94]

@@gracegiammarresi665 Actually, as a psychologist, that sounded relatively accurate. I've certainly seen much worse. Off the top of my head (and minimizing details to avoid HIPAA violations), I saw this client who wanted help to get his son out of drugs because his nephew was a bad influence, and had been in jail and now he (the client) was being targeted by the FBI. In reality, he didn't have any children, and was an only-son living with his parents, whom he'd hit sometimes. He truly believed his delusions. Obviously, that case was more fitted to med. magmt. than therapy, but it was still very interesting to assess. Yes, mental health patients are much more likely to be the victims of abuse than the perpetrators, but that doesn't mean they are not capable of violence. In fact, violent outbursts are a common symptom of schizophrenia when there's damage in the amygdala. So, this convoluted plot, actually sounds believable to me. Most patients are not like this, but some are. This is a book about one person, not about several mental health patients with varying degrees of functionality. Books are often about one strangely peculiar individual (or group), not about the average Joe.

[@naturalthemelodious]

You call Thursday a TERF, but she definitely isn't a feminist if she thinks women who have careers are insufferable lol

[@neatodude3339]

@Turtuluna Did you visit the site? It's full of receipts.

[@neatodude3339]

@Turtuluna that's cool, it's hard to think critically sometimes. Ignorance is bliss

[@fionatastic0.070]

neatodude333 is that why you’re defending TERFs?

[@catharinrin]

neatodude333 TERF ALERT TERF ALERT

[@icky7604]

@@neatodude3339 Lmao you are so dumb

[@britishaviator5942]

Funniest thing about this was when Seth mentioned he was a polygamist because he was "from Utah", probably referring to the Mormon practice of polygamy... which has officially been illegal ever since Utah was a state. Bigamy (having two wives) was just recently decriminalized from a 3rd degree felony (jail time) to just a fine. The author had literally no idea what they were talking about, just heard that Utah was Mormon, that Mormons were polygamous, and did no further research.

[@brandendavis3948]

That transition into the sponsorship was smoother than a spine saxophone

[@withcindy]

reading "spine saxophone" activates my fight or flight response

[@Moonstar79]

Can we all agree that the label "New York Times Best Seller" is a participation award?

[@kelb6073]

I know, isn't that sad???? But at the same time, I'm like damn, I might as well just go write my book.

[@lizzy5947]

THANK YOU

[@janetnguyen85]

tru ! so many "NYT Best Seller" books aren't amazing... T_T

[@KallichoreMoth]

Right???

[@Ladygothii12]

cloud ill l)ll)alllll W××××

[@tanyacockle6469]

This is just "gaslighting: the novel" just listening to you read out the lines made me anxious

[@esyone3394]

reminded me of invisible man.

[@verinamusherure881]

honestly, same. freaked me the hell out

[@mavikiu827]

The whole idea is literally stolen from Girl on the Train. Woman with abusive, gaslighting husband gets obsessed with other women who he is connected to. One of them a perfect mum and housewife, the other career-driven and of course main girl also had a miscarriage/fertility issues. Only difference is that Girl on the Train was actually good lol.

[@bookin.and.cookin9753]

When I pick up a book called "the wives" it doesn't deserve rights unless it ends with the wives together and leaving their crusty husband to make pottery. It's the only valid ending

[@withcindy]

YES!!! I SUPPORT THIS

[@hafsahameedali2062]

Three women with cottage core just vibing and living together. Growing plants in their greenhouse, kneading dough, painting and just living aesthetic 😭😭 a whole dream

[@jellyfishb3ans]

Or if it’s lesbians XD

[@FloraNB]

@@jellyfishb3ans Women living together in a cottage with a greenhouse making pottery and kneading dough? Lesbianism is ALWAYS implied *aggressive finger guns*

[@emmaoneill3154]

I refuse to believe Cindy didn't just buy the flowers for that joke

[@ellieblack8028]

OK theory: the author began writing it (like first few chaps) with the intent of the evil gaslighting husband angle and someone read it and predicted it and the author was like UGH having a predictable plot is the worst thing ever :/ so she just wrote a bunch of twists... and thats why there's no foreshadowing or anything and this totally inconsequential/confusing meeting in the beginning! Also was she ever a nurse? did she go to work??

[@bananajewell8846]

Fun fact: People can predict where the story is going if you do foreshadowing right

[@kalyanigollamudi759]

@@bananajewell8846 good foreshadowing makes a plot twist make sense but the reader won’t see it coming

[@inesy5847]

@@kalyanigollamudi759 yes exactly like Memento, The sixth sense etc

[@SquipperPines]

people keep asking Hannah for a tour of her house because she never got rid of the 'for sale' sign when they bought the place

[@alisathemushroom9923]

Me at the beginning: Oh so this is a story about a woman who is in a polygamous relationship that is not healthy for her. She is going to meet up with the other wives and together they will gather the strength to end things with their abuse husband. It will be about empowerment and show that her way of thinking (her only purpose being to serve her husband) was flawed, and came from emotional abuse and dependence issues and stuff. Me at the end: I have no idea what even happened in this story

[@mesofius]

lol, this is a pretty good summary. I think the story could have taken many interesting directions, but instead of getting to the bottom of her feelings inside this odd relationship, we are told that she's just completely insane. That's like writing a complex novel and then at the end the lead character wakes up from a dream.

[@TecTitan]

This story is a perfect example of why I always hold out to say that it is the ending that makes a work. Interesting characters and a plot that seems like it can go somewhere isn't really hard when you compare it to the same thing except everything plays out masterfully and the end is satisfying. There's moving pieces here that could work and where our imagination takes us is proof the concept alone could be tooled with. But the author seems so set on the cheapest immediate payout with the only further focus allowed being to deny the reader any fair chance of actually predicting the "reality".

[@mesofius]

@@TecTitan It's just lazy when the last page reveals to the readers that she's insane and nothing we've been reading had actually taken place.

[@avantika3620]

What you thought the story would be sounds like a thousand splendid suns!

[@nazarisreyes6037]

Now I want the first story to be turned into an HBO limited series

[@charliekat8able]

Knowing something like this not only got published, but was a NY Times bestseller, gives me so much hope for my own writing career.

[@Ollebolle112]

Yet so much less hope for humanity

[@lilys.2220]

Me too

[@loveitsonlybabyscars6778]

Same honestly

[@melaniep4099]

Honestly me too

[@justaname6011]

To be a NY bestseller in no more something wow, any author who reaches a certain number of books sold enters there

[@crybirdy-crowes7764]

Why does this book feel like it gaslights its own readers?

[@allyli1718]

Yeah, for real. It just decides to go in for the crazy woman thing when we were just hoping for some convoluted Mormon wives story. Sorry for that other guy, by the way.

[@BlueGeen]

Super true

[@RedHairedRiot]

Cry Birdy-Crowes or when Seth explains the doctors bill

[@gregjayonnaise8314]

Don’t polygamists try to have their partners live in the same place, or at least close to each other? Imagine how exhausting it must be to travel to different states EVERY WEEK. At least space it out to different months. How does he work? Does he ever get jetlag?

[@incognitoburrito6020]

Portland and Seattle are north-south from each other, so jet lag wouldn't really be a possibility, but like. Three hours is still way too much. I've driven that far for a day trip but I can't imagine doing it every week.

[@FrenkTheJoy]

@@incognitoburrito6020 3 hours is also REALLY generous, in reality it takes like 6 hours because traffic.

[@gregjayonnaise8314]

@@incognitoburrito6020 Not even every week, but every few days, since he visits each wife on different days.

[@mayam.6299]

Also imagine having to pay for all the gas for each trip😂

[@imawakemymindisalive13]

and expensive 😭😭

[@ElfirRob]

I refuse to believe this isn’t satire. There is no way someone wrote this without wanting it to be satire.

[@anarocha7782]

I read this book and got so lost in the different versions of the events that I felt as if I was the one being gaslighted

[@withcindy]

LMAO SAME

[@marie_eria]

i feel gaslighted just watching this video and attempting to figure out what the hell was going on in the book. i can feel my mind melting as we speak

[@storml4163]

😂😂😂

[@zacharyhawley1693]

Oh good, I thought that was just me.

[@florallychaotic]

Having read this book, seth is so obnoxiously basic calling him vanilla ice cream is an insult to ice cream. At least its sweet

[@lizipearlvlogs]

He's just ice. And not even the kind that tastes good for some reason. The kind made with unfiltered tapwater.

[@urischic1668]

Lizi Pearl The fact that I instantly tasted it as I read this and gagged 💀

[@imannatasha3302]

If he was written more charismatic and charming and manipulative in an interesting way (to read), the story would make so much more sense. Like a cult leader, you know?

[@angelicaamora11]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@keepuwu-ing7653]

He is just vannila essence, smells nice but tastes bitter

[@doineedanid]

i’m deeply concerned about the author. does anyone knows if she is okay? she desperately needs a therapist and some classes about feminism.

[@averyatnip9274]

This was like if Wattpad and a Lifetime made a collab and I hate it.

[@OttoVonGarfield]

Real question: IF lifetime were involved, would it have any chance of beating Cyber Seduction in the ranks?

[@aryak9564]

i'm a minute into the video and i can already tell you the book would be 300% better if it ended with all three wives ditching him and becoming a polyamorous trio

[@withcindy]

AGREED!!!!!

[@marie_eria]

EXACTLY!! And also without all of the mental illness and sexism mumbo-jumbo. This book can go directly into the trashcan, along with Seth after he got yeeted by the Whole Man Disposal Services

[@ksprdotexe]

I swore it was gonna end with the girls ending up to together--

[@Zi_Phestola_Monsura]

I'm dead 😂

[@iman_ahmed]

WHAT I WAS THINKING

[@Millie-Million]

the three wives should have all just gotten into a polyamorous relationship without him and ran off into the sunset together-

[@DavidSmith-gb8ev]

*Facts* 💅💅

[@akuma4321]

the good ending

[@itslondonlove3534]

But before that they team up and kill Seth

[@slevinchannel7589]

No. They should have not. Running away from the abusive shit? Good. Polygamy anyway? Bad. And sad. Hard to tell what more.

[@-anomaly186-3]

@@slevinchannel7589 I mean, the comment said polyamorous, polygamy.

[@lunabrights4073]

Can I just say, this author lowkey-no, highkey stole from that one Netflix movie called 'where is Monday?' it makes perfect sense. Only, I have to admit, the movie actually made sense. And it was less about libido and more about dystopia.

[@TinyTeacupReads]

That movie was great! Such an intersting concept!

[@lizewilcox9898]

Do you mean "What Happened to Monday?" with the seven sisters?

[@lunabrights4073]

@@lizewilcox9898 yes! That's the one.

[@cjonesjr]

Yes! I literally thought about that movie when I heard the names So original with naming characters, author 😒

[@voidpriestess8339]

Yeah that movie was fucking wild The one of the only things I really remember from it was when one of the sisters took someone's disembodied fucking eyeball and used that to open a retina scan door.... *Shudder*

[@aj_814]

so what i learned here... florists are at the top of the social hierarchy

[@coralia.i]

me an apprentice florist: *interesting...*

[@weirdo5933]

Welp, I know my career path.

[@leech5453]

the Chad florist vs. the Virgin Laywer

[@reynadelikat6410]

As a florist, can confirm!

[@redthunderbird7332]

@@weirdo5933 b qq EDIT: I just realized accidentally commented this without realizing, I bum-commented it if you will, very sorry for any confusion

[@jessicah6839]

Besides the fact that none of this plot makes any kind of sense, I also don't understand the supposed wife schedule. Like they're Thursday, Monday and Tuesday because that's the days he's with them, but that's only three days. What the hell is he doing the other four? Working? Is he kicking it on the weekend with his bros? Also why would you bother to drive all the way to see Thursday and only stay for like the night? Seems inefficient.

[@KarolYuuki]

If they were monday, Thursday and Saturday or something it would make more sense. One would get 3 days and the other two would get 2 days each.

[@abbywolffe4114]

Or like each could get five day week and he uses the weekends to travel I'm literally wasting brain cells figuring out a logical way for him to fuck three different wives but whatever

[@ellieblack8028]

It kinda follows that nursery rhyme: Thursday's child has far to go (travels to the others), Monday's child fair of face (she was hot), tuesday's child full of grace (whatever that means)... I guess?? I kept waiting for Wednesday's child, full of woe.

[@pissapocalypse]

It would have been easier to have everyone live together

[@lalalulu17]

Why not just make it 1 week for 1 wife? Or why not just be a single guy and sleep around? 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@pinkyapple333]

"He doesn't provide money for them" Me: 🤯 WHAT?!?!?!? THEN WHAT ELSE IS HE DOING?!?!?!

[@xyz-hs9ix]

Getting them pregnant and cheating on them

[@annedavis3340]

Screwing them and screwing them over

[@blizzard_the_seal9863]

@Anne Davis LMAO

[@darkdream1469]

That's what I'm wondering the whole time.

[@tortiecatman]

he provides the meat juice

[@kaig4469]

The author: "This book is about polygamy" The book: Actually it is not. Like did I understand that right? It wasn't polygamy, it was serial cheating in monogamous relationships????? Like that is not polygamy???

[@CoolColorPurple]

I feel like the title of this book should be "One Crazy Thursday"

[@enriquesanchez9016]

OMG i laughed so hard at this, thank you XD

[@kenshinhimura2322]

Stephanie Marson I want to steal your title and make it a murder mystery.

[@damiennixel925]

The prequel to "Freaky Friday" is wild

[@snaillord17]

From now on, if anyone ever asks me to explain myself I’m telling them “I grew up in Utah.”

[@withcindy]

thats my deep background story

[@EmissaryofWind]

I think the implication is that he was raised Mormon? Since they have the sister wives thing

[@faithcoolbeth8637]

@@EmissaryofWind yeah, I think that was the point

[@emmariddoch6941]

As a person who lives in Idaho the book does make it sound like he is

[@spoiler2502]

@@EmissaryofWind that's the only thing I know about Utah : It's The Mormon State. (I'm not from the US btw, so who knows how accurate that is)

[@TurdusRufiventris]

Other people: pink flowers Me, an intellectual: Ah, Yes. Enslaved clitoris

[@katieronnie5741]

Dude I was drinking while I read your comment and I spit water all over my bed

[@Construyendoaishtar]

As a mexican: yes that conversation feels racist in an unsettleing way

[@fig4511]

I’m convinced this is just a Wattpad story that was accidentally sent to a publisher, and they said “meh, why not? 🤷🏽‍♀️”

[@asheniza1168]

Hey, not all wattpad books are bad! But, you're not wrong...

[@Certifiedhellfire]

I promiseeee you I’ve read better wattpad books😂😂

[@asheniza1168]

@@Certifiedhellfire 😊 me too

[@mistyhowe184]

I've read better stories from Wattpad

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

I wrote and posted a fanfic in one afternoon while recovering from wisdom teeth surgery, and it was much better than this book.

[@seandarling1438]

Honest, the whole thing felt like everyone was gaslighting Thursday the entire book.

[@darkhearttantibus2766]

I wanna feel sorry for Thursday but her personality is just a Seth obsessed woman so nvm

[@melissamybubbles6139]

They are. Thursday is following the perfect Molly Mormon code. Then people in society start labeling it as really messed up, which it is. Then the rest who can hide the cult crazy a little better gaslight her and pin the sin on the donkey.

[@Mecharnie_Dobbs]

Cindy isn't impressed by that book but she makes it sound terrifying. About not knowing what's real.

[@katarinka_jpg]

@@darkhearttantibus2766 what if her obsessive personality is a result of the gaslighting though 🤔

[@averyfh2353]

Alternate Title: “I read the sequel to You by Caroline Kepnes, but with an emphasis on interior design, subliminal messages, and polygamy”

[@withcindy]

she is the female joe goldberg

[@farheeen_s]

that's legit what I thought 😂

[@hectorrobertocontrerasmiranda]

Hidden bodies is not this kind of bad

[@invisibleink1145]

Wait, she stood on her tiptoes to reach his mouth but, ears are higher up than that. How'd she reach those so easily?

[@Safiyahalishah]

You clearly missed the biggest twist in the book, that the husband has been a giant bipedal basset hound all along.

[@evekelly8084]

The fact that no man has played my spine like a saxophone 🎷😭

[@withcindy]

ugh we can only dream...

[@ArawnNox]

Spines make better xylophones anyway

[@cavejohnson4306]

I don’t think that is a survivable position.

[@nuggetvonmattenhorn7216]

That plot is about as understandable as the “half angel half demon half horse half unicorn uwu not like other boys” OC I made when I was 9

[@priyankasharma3825]

I’m concerned because I had an OC almost exactly like that

[@lightlawliet3526]

but was he a furry?

[@blizzard_the_seal9863]

@light lawliet probably lmao

[@susufray3601]

What does oc stand for?

[@cookiesandtea6442]

Original character Also bruh I'm pretty sure we all had an OC like that

[@icygirl337_4]

reading this book is the equivalent to being gaslit by 6 different people with all different stories

[@withcindy]

THIS IS THE MOST ACCURATE STATEMENT ABOUT THE BOOK

[@Anvandiel]

I WAS THINKING EXACTLY THIS

[@RED-my9hl]

This is an insult to vanilla ice cream.

[@julietafernandez7571]

Ah yes, the pinnacle of polyamory, not knowing anything about your partner's partners and not being able to talk about it and letting your insecurities grow due to this! Nothing can go wrong!

[@KDsage123]

I think that people are confusing polyamory and polygamy.

[@quirkyblackenby]

Polygamy isn’t polyamory. They’re completely different

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

@@quirkyblackenby Even most Polygamy the wives usually know about each other, meet, and talk. Polygamy is most commonly men who have multiple wives and religions where this is acceptable if not expected. While traditionally this has a lot of issues (it's religious history is full of women being treated like property) it's still very misrepresented here. Polyamory is usually more about mutual respective relationships and tends to be more balanced.

[@mesofius]

There are some perks to this sort of an arrangement though.

[@nlmlkadhsu1868]

@@TheDawnofVanlife Polyamory isnt well balanced either it's the same shit without the legal obligations and far worser because they are 10 people that involved that the first 4 people don't even know about. One is poly relationship with commitment and the other one isn't.

[@emoestofall]

Petition for Cindy to go through r/menwritingwomen

[@jazwhoaskedforthis]

The emoest of them all omg I hope she does

[@catherineperry5099]

Please don't make her suffer more

[@randompromises1038]

okay, signing my name, Random Promises

[@jina8960]

THAT WOULD BE AMAZING

[@sushi595]

Especially John Green That would be chaotic

[@hanna-liminal]

This book could have legit been written in like 1890 when "hysteria" was a common diagnosis, and it would not look out of place

[@cavejohnson4306]

And more interesting considering the period cure to hysteria is fingering.

[@hanna-liminal]

@@cavejohnson4306 good reminder, cheers!

[@BestBetterBestest]

This book is the definition of "The straights are at it again."

[@jayisabluebird]

This really feels like "internalized misogyny: the book" like.... these ideas about wives and babies r so outdated... the things u do for us cindy

[@fredly5795]

And also triggering as fuck

[@sontia55]

I know! like it totally perpetuates the 'crazy bitch' stereotype and I feel like this book would be back up for someone trying to gaslight someone else- like that sounds weird but it's almost like a 'crazy women think they are right but really they are delusional' kinda thing where the moral of the story is the men telling you that you are crazy and you can't trust your own judgement were right all along

[@melissamybubbles6139]

Yes. Go look up the LDS young women's and relief society curriculum and talks. Internalized misogyny is a very good term for it. I think I can say that as someone who finally realized there was a better life outside of that at 28.

[@jeonghansupremacist]

The irony of a woman with no interests calling Regina a bore

[@withcindy]

LMAO IKR

[@AikiraBeats]

Right the disgrace on Regina George

[@yourboykaster]

If this is an INSTANT NY times bestseller, I'm just gonna publish my gay fanfiction and hope for the best.

[@withcindy]

good luck!

[@ultravioletcatastrophe]

Honestly, watching cindy's videos on trashy bestsellers is the one thing bringing me the confidence to keep pushing through my own book.

[@NoOne-rb2id]

I mean that is what happened with Fifty Shades of Grey so-

[@yourboykaster]

@@NoOne-rb2id fsog is a terrible book all around.

[@NoOne-rb2id]

@@yourboykaster Buuuut a terrible book that mad a shit ton of money, so I'd say their gay fanfiction probably still has a good chance.

[@francescaellis8893]

tell me why seth has a slice of white bread personality and three wives while im over here dying alone

[@cande9023]

When you and Chanelle both agreed that the plot twist in this book was terrible... I already knew this review was going to be an entertaining one 😎

[@withcindy]

chanelle and i usually have opposite opinions on thriller books so u know when we agree on something its bad.....

[@sharbear3866]

Don’t you love it when a people tell women their only purpose in life is to have children 🥰😍🥰😍

[@withcindy]

WE LOVE TO SEE IT

[@glo5643]

✨Love that 😍😍😍😍 ✨

[@lore5751]

Dude giving birth is hard and painful so no thank you

[@tatiana2696]

😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@xio3216]

I can’t get over the whole he plays her spine like a saxophone it is kind terrifying to imagine

[@withcindy]

alexa play my spine

[@sapphirejones4765]

play that funky spine polygamist mannnn

[@queendsheena1]

@@withcindy Listen. In Jamaica, there's a dancehall song with the line 'She spin like a satellite dish on cockie like this'. So... (but the plot twist of the song is that this woman somehow survives and next day wants to serve him in any way possible. But guess what, he calls her baby and tells her to remain where she is. So this creepy dancehall song had a dude who took great care of his lady after almost killing her with outlandish sex moves. So he's still a better dude than the husband dipshit in that *cough* book).

[@padfootblack5503]

Wouldn’t it just feel like a bunch of weird tapping

[@hanna-liminal]

Doot doot

[@Ava-zn3qm]

I swear every book my mom reads is this book with a slightly different plot.

[@Ava-zn3qm]

SHE ACTUALLY OWNS AND HAS READ THE BOOK

[@andrikfelix6507]

I-

[@joohra_]

@@Ava-zn3qm did she like it?????

[@Ava-zn3qm]

@@joohra_ yes 😭

[@joohra_]

@@Ava-zn3qm oh god 😭

[@michaela_haze]

Not to be sexist, but this doesn't sound like it was written by a woman.

[@imsodonewiththissh1t]

honestly i forgot that it was written by a woman so many times, until something referenced the author specifically.

[@breannasmith5742]

I was thinking this in the first 5 minutes. I am try to find out if the authors name is a pen name

[@ComputerVHS]

Sounds like it was written by a brainwashed woman...

[@randompromises1038]

i really was convinced this was written by a male author ngl

[@Talimara1]

Death Omen Does this book give you any indication that the author had an entire brain?

[@Teopengy96]

Better alternate plot twist: Thursday and Hannah realize they're both gay and leave Seth to start a new life together

[@withcindy]

thats what i said!

[@urdadsleftasshole69]

@Black Knight Fool who hurt you

[@eeavwinex7869]

@Black Knight Fool yeah who?

[@nightshifterVHS]

yes.

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

And maybe Regina can join in too!

[@daelnightbird6962]

If the wives don't have a romantic relationship between each other as well, isn't that a harem?

[@UnknownUnknown-mo7zg]

Wouldn't a harem at least include a familial bond between the females though? There's no such bond in this...bender.

[@patriciamcgeorge2575]

Hence the Goel Ratzon vibes

[@liberteoulamort]

I mean, ignoring the rest of the shit, there's nothing wrong with one person having multiple partners as long as it's all consensual and healthy. Polyamory isn't just couples, but make it bigger. I'm not dating my partner's partners (my partners-in-law as we refer to it), for example

[@micahrv4405]

If I understand correctly, this is more of an open relationship than a polyamorous one, because like you said, there’s no romance between the women

[@daelnightbird6962]

@@micahrv4405 As far as I understand it, open relationships at least theoretically allow both parties to see other people. No such arrangement was made in this scenario though.