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A review by mrsbooknerd
The Wives by Tarryn Fisher
4.0
I started reading ‘The Wives’ yesterday afternoon and I have just finished which is probably a review in itself.
I definitely found the book gripping, I had to get to the end. I read it through the afternoon, I read it once I went to bed, I even read it while I warmed the baby’s milk up at 2am just to get a few extra pages in. I genuinely could not stop.
It is a typical psychological thriller with the added drama of an increasingly unreliable narrator. I can’t say that I liked Thursday, she was insecure, constantly competing with other women and submissive to a man who was not only awful to her but eventually physically abusive. Just leave! I screamed (internally) over and over. But was secretly glad that she didn’t because it meant more excitement and quite a dramatic ending.
Having said that I did find that there was often a bit too much whining and self-monologuing, particularly in the first half, it did make my interest wane slightly. I know less about what I drink than what Thursday drank during this book. Every page it felt like she was getting, opening or consuming a drink.
I also admit to losing enthusiasm for a while when Thursday was in the hospital, because it felt like frustration rather than tension, but it wasn’t the longest section of the book and the excitement seriously ramped up after Thursday was released.
Definitely a good read, and I would absolutely read another by the author.
I definitely found the book gripping, I had to get to the end. I read it through the afternoon, I read it once I went to bed, I even read it while I warmed the baby’s milk up at 2am just to get a few extra pages in. I genuinely could not stop.
It is a typical psychological thriller with the added drama of an increasingly unreliable narrator. I can’t say that I liked Thursday, she was insecure, constantly competing with other women and submissive to a man who was not only awful to her but eventually physically abusive. Just leave! I screamed (internally) over and over. But was secretly glad that she didn’t because it meant more excitement and quite a dramatic ending.
Having said that I did find that there was often a bit too much whining and self-monologuing, particularly in the first half, it did make my interest wane slightly. I know less about what I drink than what Thursday drank during this book. Every page it felt like she was getting, opening or consuming a drink.
I also admit to losing enthusiasm for a while when Thursday was in the hospital, because it felt like frustration rather than tension, but it wasn’t the longest section of the book and the excitement seriously ramped up after Thursday was released.
Spoiler
I actually enjoyed the deterioration of Thursday as the narrator, it didn’t feel too sudden or left-of-field and yet her unravelling really came to head towards the end and I kept thinking, how did I not see it reaching this point?!Definitely a good read, and I would absolutely read another by the author.