Astrid and veronika by linda olsson

I would have liked to see Veronica struggle with it some. A reaction from Veronica on the death of Astrid's child would have been appreciated because in today's society, just a hint of abuse creates such judgement from every corner of society. I would have enjoyed more information about the relationship between the two women. I would have enjoyed more of a dip into Astrid's reasons for her actions. I would have enjoyed it more if I had known of at least one of the tragedies up front.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable? You can understand it once you find out the reasons, but by then I wasn't sure I cared.

Who starts out saying "I woke up with his hand on my breast"? The isolation of both women takes forever to be explained. And the discussion between the 2 women I felt was too personal. I won't say boring exactly, but the story seems so bogged down in description of things that don't move the story along. I would not recommend it as I found it too "lonely". Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?