Miranda Cowley Heller: The Paper Palace

I picked up Miranda Cowley Heller's The Paper Palace (affiliate link) from the library's free book section with the idea of ​​giving it to my mother to read. Luckily, I immediately went to Goodreads to read the reviews for this book. They said that The Paper Palace is full of child rape and incest.

Elle has a handsome British husband, Peter, and three children. Yet she yearns for her childhood sweetheart, Jonas. Which one will she choose? Definitely the wrong one.

Elle really started to make me sick because of her hatred of cats. White cats in particular make her sick. Well, Elle, you make me sick. Because of that hatred of cats, I hoped that something bad would happen to Elle. It was a vain hope, of course.

How many similar books have I read recently? One where a cheating woman draws lots between two men? What if the gender roles were reversed? Would the book get as much praise?