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mrsbooknerd's review against another edition
2.0
I wavered over whether this was a one or two star but rated two because I did finish it.
I found alot of issues with this book and I wouldn't say that I enjoyed it, but there was something compelling about it because I did want to get to the ending to find out who had killed Andrew.
The structure of the book should have worked in building suspense but I found it lacking tension.
Andrew was a lying, cheating bastard. Did I care which one of his many indiscretions cost him his life? No.
Caz and Louise were manipulative, emotionally blinded and immature. Did I care which of them ended up in prison for murder? No.
In fact, there was barely a redeemable character in the whole book. I just couldn't find any to support.
Louise was so hypocritical. I definitely preferred Caz. Louise hated them both for cheating but she also cheated on Andrew. She complained that during the escalation she couldn't get away from Caz, and yet it was her who moved into Caz's house and took the same job. I wanted to stab Louise to be honest. Even at the end of the book she was still like, oh poor Andrew! Gahhhhh!
Louise sums up the plot in one statement "I'm tired of this tit for that nonsense..."
The whole plot was Lou does this, so Caz does that. Caz does that so Lou does this... until we escalate to the improbable and ridiculous.
At one point Lou is pulled over by the police for drink driving because Caz gave the police 'information', telling them that Louise would be driving over the limit. So the police go to a random road and sit there waiting for Louise to maybe or maybe not drive passed at some point that day and for alcohol to still be in her blood stream. Is this a good use of resource? Would the police not just go to the house and issue a warning? How did Caz know that Lou would be over the limit and that she would drive and that she would drive on that road...? Is it better that they waited until she had perhaps killed someone on the roads and then caught her? It was so ridiculous that if it had occurred earlier in the book I would have stopped reading.
What made it compelling was that none of the narrative voices were entirely truthful and they were all unreliable narrators. One would convince you that she hadn't done X but you would later learn that they had through more reliable narrators. Even now there were some events or plot points that remain fuzzy because no evidence was found against the culprit. It was legit her word against mine and clearing through the detritus was quite fun.
I am not sure that I would pick up another by the author after reading this book
I found alot of issues with this book and I wouldn't say that I enjoyed it, but there was something compelling about it because I did want to get to the ending to find out who had killed Andrew.
The structure of the book should have worked in building suspense but I found it lacking tension.
Andrew was a lying, cheating bastard. Did I care which one of his many indiscretions cost him his life? No.
Caz and Louise were manipulative, emotionally blinded and immature. Did I care which of them ended up in prison for murder? No.
In fact, there was barely a redeemable character in the whole book. I just couldn't find any to support.
Louise was so hypocritical. I definitely preferred Caz.
Louise sums up the plot in one statement "I'm tired of this tit for that nonsense..."
The whole plot was Lou does this, so Caz does that. Caz does that so Lou does this... until we escalate to the improbable and ridiculous.
What made it compelling was that none of the narrative voices were entirely truthful and they were all unreliable narrators. One would convince you that she hadn't done X but you would later learn that they had through more reliable narrators. Even now there were some events or plot points that remain fuzzy because no evidence was found against the culprit. It was legit her word against mine and clearing through the detritus was quite fun.
I am not sure that I would pick up another by the author after reading this book
vacantbones's review against another edition
3.0
While fun and fast-paced, One in Three felt very much like a run-of-the-mill domestic thriller. It didn't feel especially dark or twisty, and much of the darkness that we do get feels half-baked
I consider myself to be someone who can easily suspend disbelief for the sake of a book, but the fact that *nobody* in their lives feels a need to step in and mediate the boiling nastiness between the two wives doesn't feel genuine. With a cast of characters of this size, I just cannot believe that not a single person felt that things had gone far enough to intervene.
As for the murderer's reveal? I wasn't particularly stunned, but it was a fine ending nonetheless.
The writing is solid, and it moves quickly for a book of this size, but it just isn't anything to write home about. If you're new to the genre, you'll likely find it to be more than suitable.
I consider myself to be someone who can easily suspend disbelief for the sake of a book, but the fact that *nobody* in their lives feels a need to step in and mediate the boiling nastiness between the two wives doesn't feel genuine. With a cast of characters of this size, I just cannot believe that not a single person felt that things had gone far enough to intervene.
As for the murderer's reveal? I wasn't particularly stunned, but it was a fine ending nonetheless.
The writing is solid, and it moves quickly for a book of this size, but it just isn't anything to write home about. If you're new to the genre, you'll likely find it to be more than suitable.
lavins's review against another edition
5.0
This is one excellent domestic thriller.
The story of a family, the husband divorced his wife, moves on, marries someone else. But they are still sharing kids and as luck will have it, his former mother and father in law like him tremendously and they keep having him near.
The relationship between the two wives (the ex and the new one) is far from being friendly. And he gets murdered. By whom? And why?
We are witnessing the story of this family unfolding in front of our eyes and everything that lead to that dreadful night. So many reasons, so many suspects.
The book is very well written, it is a great thriller, no repetitive moments and the ending is quite good!
Highly recommended!
The story of a family, the husband divorced his wife, moves on, marries someone else. But they are still sharing kids and as luck will have it, his former mother and father in law like him tremendously and they keep having him near.
The relationship between the two wives (the ex and the new one) is far from being friendly. And he gets murdered. By whom? And why?
We are witnessing the story of this family unfolding in front of our eyes and everything that lead to that dreadful night. So many reasons, so many suspects.
The book is very well written, it is a great thriller, no repetitive moments and the ending is quite good!
Highly recommended!
godinhoreads86's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
emilia_trad's review against another edition
4.0
Un plot twist tras otro. No esperaba que me gustara.
kamilla112's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
astarions_bhaal_babe's review against another edition
2.0
I'm kinda sorry to say this because the premise intrigued me infinitely, but this book was much more dull than I thought it would be.
The characters were either hateful or stupid - most of the time both, and not even in the enjoyable way.
The two main characters, Louise and Caz seem to only be able to make bad decisions and they act pretty immature and selfish for grown up women who also happen to have children and a household to take care of.
There also are a lot of scenes that make little sense or which only purpose is to fill the pages with an anticlimactic pile of infos and dialogues the reader doesn't exactly need.
Overall it wasn't a bad book, but I've definitely read better.
And, to be honest, I don't know if fact that I was able to guess most of the main twists but couldn't by the love of God comprehend half the motivations that pushed the characters to act the way they did, is to be seen in this book's favor or the opposite.
ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for a review
The characters were either hateful or stupid - most of the time both, and not even in the enjoyable way.
The two main characters, Louise and Caz seem to only be able to make bad decisions and they act pretty immature and selfish for grown up women who also happen to have children and a household to take care of.
There also are a lot of scenes that make little sense or which only purpose is to fill the pages with an anticlimactic pile of infos and dialogues the reader doesn't exactly need.
Overall it wasn't a bad book, but I've definitely read better.
And, to be honest, I don't know if fact that I was able to guess most of the main twists but couldn't by the love of God comprehend half the motivations that pushed the characters to act the way they did, is to be seen in this book's favor or the opposite.
ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for a review
kris10oso's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
sasoif's review against another edition
Couldn’t get into it. A lot of characters introduced early. I may go back to it.