When The Ten Year Nap by Meg Wolitzer came out, there was so much hype about it, I finally read it. I didn’t like it at all. However, I thought I would give her new book, The Uncoupling a try. Though I am still not a Wolitzer fan, I did like it more than The Ten Year Nap.

Set in the suburbs in New Jersey at a small high school, we find out what happens when a new Drama teacher is hired and stages the play Lysistrata. Suddenly, a spell is cast on all the females in the town and they find themselves no longer wanting sex with their men. You can imagine all the problems that follow.

Wolitzer’s writing is certainly witty and she is a true observer of modern culture and how we all react to it and to each other. For some reason though, I always find her books mildly depressing more than humorous. Still, this was an interesting read.