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tnangle196063's review against another edition
The perfect summer read!! I read this in a day and it pulled me in from the start.
vdoprincess's review
2.0
I wanted to like this, I really did. But she spends tons of time expositing Deep Thoughts and that got old really fast. I kept reading solely to figure out what Love'a problem was, and then I was almost done anyway, so I finished.
purpletia's review against another edition
2.0
I had high expectations for Four Wives but it fell short for me. It’s about 4 well off women who live in the suburbs. They have very different lives, but have a bond because they’re kids go to school together. I found it hard to keep track of the characters in the beginning. I had to go back and look to see who was married to who, etc. I didn’t find myself liking any of the characters. They didn’t really have a lot of depth. There were characters thrown in that I thought would be part of the story line and then they were gone. I did finish it, but only because I thought there would be a twist.
wendywalkerauthor's review
5.0
My very first novel! This is the story of four women who live in wealthy suburbia. When I wrote it, I was immersed in this culture, with 3 young children and many friends in town who were struggling with all kinds of issues that emerge from quitting work and staying home to raise children. I was hoping to get at the heart of many of these issues in the way I structured the characters and plot. More women's fiction than thriller, this book does still have a good amount of suspense and surprise as the four story lines twist and turn as one.
reeganokeefe's review
3.0
This was not what I expected from Walker after reading the rest of her novels, but I enjoyed it more than I thought I would! The characters are vibrant and well written, and it raises questions and lessons that stay with you. Recommend :)
pussreboots's review against another edition
5.0
Four Wives, the debut novel by Wendy Walker hits bookstores next month. I was fortunate enough to be offered an advanced reading copy for review. I don't normally say this in a review but: PRE ORDER YOURS NOW! The book is that good.
Four Wives pokes fun at Ira Levin's Stepford Wives but without the robots. Chapter Thirty is even called "Stepford Wives." But it's more than just a well-written parody about the bedroom communities of the upper middle class. These Stepford wives manage to escape their artificial world an make something of themselves.
The four wives in Walker's novel are Love, Marie, Gayle and Janie. Each woman has her own story but Walker brings these four interesting threads together at the end to provide a satisfying and thought-provoking ending. I really don't want to go into these four stories together to risk spoiling anything.
Most importantly, Walker's novel is a women coming together to bitch about how clueless men are. They may start off believing that nonsense but as the novel progresses, the four wives start to see beyond this stereotype. Walker also gives the men in the book the chance to give their points of view to round out her novel.
Four Wives pokes fun at Ira Levin's Stepford Wives but without the robots. Chapter Thirty is even called "Stepford Wives." But it's more than just a well-written parody about the bedroom communities of the upper middle class. These Stepford wives manage to escape their artificial world an make something of themselves.
The four wives in Walker's novel are Love, Marie, Gayle and Janie. Each woman has her own story but Walker brings these four interesting threads together at the end to provide a satisfying and thought-provoking ending. I really don't want to go into these four stories together to risk spoiling anything.
Most importantly, Walker's novel is a women coming together to bitch about how clueless men are. They may start off believing that nonsense but as the novel progresses, the four wives start to see beyond this stereotype. Walker also gives the men in the book the chance to give their points of view to round out her novel.
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