What Is Wrong With You?

What Is Wrong With You? by Paul Rudnick (2025) 330 pages

Sean owns gyms and works out all the time. His friend Rob (also one of his gym clients) is a book editor who is still mourning the death of his husband a year ago, and he's working hard to help one of his writers, Tremble Woodspill, finish her book based on her blog "Life As We Fucking Know It," when he finds out he's fired by Isabelle, a young "sensitivity associate" recently hired by the publishing house. 

Sean, the gym owner, who had also been a superhero in a TV series, finds out that his ex-wife, Linda, is getting married to a billionaire, Trone Meston (a nicer version of Steve Jobs or Elon Musk). Sean is still in love with Linda, even though he cheated on her multiple times. These are just some of the characters whose perspective we experience as the story unfolds.

Bring all of these people‒and more‒to the wedding on an island that Trone owns off the coast of Maine, and see what happens. This is a fun book, and I really loved the characters.