The Startup Wife by Tahmima Anam

An enjoyable takedown of startup culture and patriarchy, although the husband is kind of cartoonishly obnoxious, maybe it's on purpose? I loved Asha but wanted to shake her; girl why are you marrying some douchebag you barely know? Also he is a complete douchebag from beginning to end; it may have worked better if we saw something redeeming about him, especially at the beginning? But it's written well so I am guessing Asha is supposed to just have a complete blind spot for this man; we've all been there.

Loved the details of the tech world (interestingly, Anam is apparently married to a startup founder, I wonder what he thinks about all of this) which are both ludicrous and plausible. This novel also explicitly addresses the pandemic in a way that really worked for me, incorporating it effectively without making it the focus.  Overall, an enjoyable read!