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The Wife Upstairs by Freida McFadden

32 reviews

girl_on_a_beach's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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aahrobot's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

The entire time I was listening I thought, “Oh it’s clearly this person.” But then, right towards the end, it wasn’t. But then at the actual end, it was. The Red Herring was a nice change of pace from all the other Frieda books I have read so far. Not bad; again, I found some of the characters annoying, but I at least liked Victoria. Good, easy read with a nice twist.

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melanielk's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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jenn_o_3's review against another edition

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2.5

I don’t think I’ll read this author again. This book was recommended to me or I wouldn’t have chosen it. But it was pretty formulaic and predictable. The first “twist” isn’t one at all and the second “twist” just takes you back to if there weren’t any twists. So I don’t understand the reviews saying it’s so twisty and unpredictable.

Aside from that, I also don’t love the writing style. Short sentences, limited vocabulary… it almost reads young adult to me. And the author repeats info over and over like readers are dumb. For example, in chapter 1 the narrator is very poor. Saying she’s about to be evicted paints that picture pretty clearly, but the author mentions it again in every single paragraph. Ok, we get it. And the “foreshadowing” that was like a hammer over the head. “She got a terrible feeling” again, repeated about 5 times in chapter 1 alone.

The revealing clue also makes zero sense

Victoria gives Sylvie a diary that talks about Mack and only Mack but then when speaking of him she uses a different name? How on earth does that make sense?!?!? Especially when every word requires so much effort? And there’s no effort by the author to even try to make it make sense. Lazy writing.

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