PanThe New York Times Sunday Book ReviewIn Aftermath, Cusk goes easy on the details of the actual separation. ‘My husband believed that I had treated him monstrously,’ she confides. But she doesn’t say why...The lack of detail is the book’s most glaring omission. How can you write a memoir about divorce without saying what caused it? Without owning up to or trying to come to terms with one’s role in it? ‘Monstrously’ is a powerful word. Cusk may hate stories, but inevitably her readers will want to know: What’s the story? … As a whole this book doesn’t work. Cusk’s biggest problem is her main character. Her self-absorption is still acute. The way she analyzes her every mood does not make her likable. Nor does it make for an interesting narrative. Frankly, the book is often tedious.