Next Year, for Sure: A Novel

Like most really good books the summary does not do this book justice. I have to admit that I was a little hesitant about the polyamory aspect. But you totally understand why things develop the way they do and yet it upends all your expectations. I don't want to spoil anything by being less cryptic. You will just have to read it and find out. You won't be disappointed.

Speaks more to a mainstream audience than a poly one, most likely. But a beautiful capturing of inner dialogue, and many true accounts of the discovery of love. Wonderfully written.

I really enjoyed this novel. It took me outside of my personal understanding/experiences of relationships and helped me to open my mind. I would definitely read this author's next book.

very compassionate look at a couple's life together and exploring an open relationship - quite enjoyed it

I loved this book about an unconventional relationship. Chris and Kathryn have been together for nine years. They have a wonderful relationship, filled with kindness and love and respect and comfort and inside jokes.Then one day Chris meets Emily and decides that he thinks he might want to date her. Kathryn, to his surprise, encourages him to do so, genuinely wanting him to be happy.What follows is so much more beautiful and complex than what you might expect from a novel about a couple experimenting with an open relationship. I'll admit that the choices they made made me very uncomfortable at times and felt so foreign to me, and yet I still felt like I could relate to many of their ideas about love and companionship. There's a universality here in that anyone in any kind of relationship makes sacrifices and compromises for the ones they love.Peterson writes with such emotional honesty and insight. Are Chris and Kathryn slowly drifting apart as a romantic couple, or will an open relationship turn out to be their new normal? There's something so melancholy about the reality of discovering that the person you love more than anything may not be enough for you.Chris and Kathryn are both so complicated and likable for different reasons. I especially enjoyed reading about Chris, as it's rare to find an introverted character written so perfectly.I just really loved this book and how wistful and sincere and empathetic it was. I would've read another 200 pages.