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The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth

28 reviews

samiredden's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Rape, Dementia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Miscarriage

mommapark's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Rape

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Murder

kimveach's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

My actual rating for this book is 3.5, but I rounded it to 4.  I enjoyed the characters and the story, but there were a ridiculous number of issues in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dementia, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Vomit, Murder, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Blood, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Rape

abooklikeyou's review

emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

“What happens in our childhood shapes us - our ability to relate to people, to manage our emotions, to control our impulses.”

That’s it. I’m officially obsessed with Sally Hepworth! 😍

She really has a way of making me empathize with her characters, and I think that is a huge draw for me with her books!

If you enjoy family drama, domestic suspense, character-driven stories, and phenomenal representation of under-represented individuals in society then you absolutely need to give Sally Hepworth a try. 👏

WHAT I LOVED // WHAT WAS MEMORABLE

🧁 Rachel’s love interest, Darcy, was perfect with his baking puns and his affection and understanding of her. I was like, are you kidding me? 🥹

🕯️I enjoyed seeing the development of why each character was the way that they were. Understanding Tully, seeing the trauma that influenced Rachel’s anxiety and coping mechanisms, and even being able to feel for The Younger Wife to an extent.

🍵 When Rachel goes to visit her mom, who has Alzheimer’s, in the nursing home only to find that she doesn’t even remember how to feed herself. That scene. 😭💔

I don’t know what it is, but Sally’s stories are unputdownable for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, and Dementia

Minor: Rape, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Miscarriage

juliaaa02's review

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, and Violence

kaylahcc's review

dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gaslighting, and Dementia

Moderate: Eating disorder, Rape, and Mental illness

Minor: Death of parent and Alcoholism

sarahalesbrittain's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Rape, and Sexual assault

buroaklifereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

mklein319's review

emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Murder

taurusbooklover's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

This was my first introduction to the writing of Sally and I really enjoyed it, I was hooked on the storyline right from the first chapter!

It is a contemporary family drama with a domestic thriller woven in which I found totally captivating and had me wanting to keep reading to try and unravel the mystery. 

Each chapter is told from a different female characters perspective who each has their own trauma to overcome, seemingly a secondary storyline from the main one at times. 

I would suggest a Trigger Warning for this book as it contains themes of domestic abuse, gaslighting, rape, miscarriage, eating disorders and various mental health issues throughout. 

Overall it was an engaging read, made all the more fun by the group of booksta friends I read it with. Our daily chats were so much fun, however the ending left us all a little underwhelmed with it feeling rushed and some character details missing which would have helped tie it together. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Domestic abuse, Rape, Miscarriage, Eating disorder, and Mental illness