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The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

16 reviews

abbs15norm's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Cursing, Gaslighting, Infertility, Infidelity, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Stalking, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Body shaming, and Blood

kristalsty119's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Very entertaining book for me.  I chose this audiobook for two reasons, first it was available immediately from the library and Julia Whelan was the narrator.  I knew nothing about this book and I have not ready any other books from this author duo.
After listening to this book, I will be looking for other books from Greer and Sarah.  Why?  I like a mystery suspense book that makes me question what is going on because a sentence or paragraph could move the story in multiple directions.  It leaves you wondering which direction the story is taking and how are the characters going to react.  
The plot twists in this book kept me engaged and moving forward.  The pace was good; the first section was slower then section two and three picked up momentum and clipped right along.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Abortion

tatiannaskye's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I’ve had this book sitting on my bookshelf for more than a year now and finally after all this time I decided to pick it up and read it. Part One of the book was pretty easy to guess what was going on. Part Two I was confused. And Part Three put everything into perspective and when I say everything I mean everything. Overall it was an okay book not as great as the anonymous girl but still good nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Stalking, Alcohol, Addiction, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Just a lot of domestic and mental abuse as well as terrible backstory’s.

alexan00's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Gaslighting

junkyard's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Infertility, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Stalking, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

leahlovesloslibros's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

The Wife Between Us is broken into 3 main parts. Part 1 really got me hooked, wanting to know all the secrets and things left unsaid, as is necessary with any good book. We follow Vanessa's story as she mourns her [previous] marriage with Richard and begins stalking Nellie, Richard's new fiancee, in the weeks leading up to their wedding. Part 2 delves more into Nellie's relationship with Richard and how she is enamored with him and the lifestyle that being with him affords her. It showcases a bit of how she deals with Vanessa stalking her as well. Part 3....was kind of a shitshow, if I'm being honest. I felt like it was all over the place, which made it hard to follow. This section was the least surprising of the 3, which didn't exactly push me to finish the book, but I did. 

This book had several twists and turns. I didn't necessarily suspect any of them, but I won't say they really gave me a huge shock factor, either. Without saying too much, I will say that the one that really surprised me was when we found out more about the relationship between the dual narrators, Vanessa and Nellie. I was also surprised by the final twist in the epilogue; that one I totally didn't expect. Other than that, I felt that the other big twists were just, "meh."

Overall, I didn't love this book. I'm glad I didn't spend the money to buy The Wife Between Us; I listened to the audio book on Libby. I will give the authors another try, as I already own An Anonymous Girl, and that one seems to have higher praise than this one did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, and Sexual content