Truman syndrome always has a hook as an argument. That of waking up to a reality that has been hidden from you for some obscure reason or indecipherable intention makes the reader hold their breath towards the discovery of the truth.
If we add to this syndrome that the person affected is a person like Vivian Miller, a CIA agent, the matter acquires dyes of maximum tension.
And if the discovery of the cardboard behind the reality implies that her husband could be a spy, the reading becomes a sinvivir until everything is linked.
At that moment of the discovery of Vivian's husband as a secret agent, as a reader you need to know everything. You would like to know the complete information about Vivian and Matt (this is the name of the character who has occupied his bed and with whom he has established his family of four children no less)
Love at first sight, courtship times, the little vicissitudes of every couple looking for their love nest, the arrival of their offspring ... All of these things suddenly plunge into dark waters.
And that feeling is still not the worst. Vivian loves Matt… putting him on the trigger would mean threatening his own family. Only that she works for her country, what can she do?
A plot that connects action and reflection. Vivian's movements, her search for the true Matt among the possible fiction that she was able to raise with her provide a reflective point, that empathy about what you would do as a reader.
But also the novel is posed as a dynamic thriller. Vivian's discovery cannot always be kept a secret ...
Vivian has little time to choose what to do. The balance of arguments and emotions becomes a sword of damocles about to finally give way over his head.
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