The Husband's Secret
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Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Hardcover
Author:
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Hardcover
THE HUSBAND'S SECRET was the April 2014 pick in my neighborhood book club, and it wasn't half bad.
Cecilia, Rachel and Tess are three women living in Sydney, Australia, and Cecilia's husband John-Paul has a terrible secret. The thing is, the "secret" was pretty predictable, and I called it early on.
What I didn't like: There was too much rambling. The main characters' stream of consciousness became boring and repetitive through the middle of the book, as they went over and over and over their problems and the situations they were in. I was like, "Get on with it already!"
There was also a Berlin Wall narrative tie-in that felt weak and inflated. It felt like plot bloat.
What I liked: There were some touching moments with Cecilia and John-Paul's six year old, Polly. And with Rachel as she struggles with the grief of losing a child. The descriptions of how everyone in town viewed Rachel after her loss were really effective.
I didn't love any of the characters, and wasn't really wowed by anything after I turned the last page. But it did give me food for thought about crime and punishment. So that's good.
Overall, I give THE HUSBAND'S SECRET a B-, and I'm open to reading more by Liane Moriarty. And I have to agree with another reviewer who said the pink flower cover was nice, but had less than zilch to do with the story! Couldn't they have come up with something better?? Surely they could've, but I guess I do see a correlation between the shallow covers and the author's narrative style as a whole.
Cecilia, Rachel and Tess are three women living in Sydney, Australia, and Cecilia's husband John-Paul has a terrible secret. The thing is, the "secret" was pretty predictable, and I called it early on.
What I didn't like: There was too much rambling. The main characters' stream of consciousness became boring and repetitive through the middle of the book, as they went over and over and over their problems and the situations they were in. I was like, "Get on with it already!"
There was also a Berlin Wall narrative tie-in that felt weak and inflated. It felt like plot bloat.
What I liked: There were some touching moments with Cecilia and John-Paul's six year old, Polly. And with Rachel as she struggles with the grief of losing a child. The descriptions of how everyone in town viewed Rachel after her loss were really effective.
I didn't love any of the characters, and wasn't really wowed by anything after I turned the last page. But it did give me food for thought about crime and punishment. So that's good.
Overall, I give THE HUSBAND'S SECRET a B-, and I'm open to reading more by Liane Moriarty. And I have to agree with another reviewer who said the pink flower cover was nice, but had less than zilch to do with the story! Couldn't they have come up with something better?? Surely they could've, but I guess I do see a correlation between the shallow covers and the author's narrative style as a whole.
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