Reviews

A Good Marriage by Stephen King

alexandrabree's review against another edition

5.0

Listening to Stephen King and George RR Martin talk about books motivated me to dig into my last few King books on my TBR

This is the quintessential book for BTK and serial killers wives.

asclepios777's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

5.0

brilliant story. it is expected that the husband is a murderer, but everything from his motives to the way the wife acted was very well thought out and written. the suspense is there. the choice of words if chef’s kiss. short story and to the point, and, overall, amazing 

nixnixnixnixnix's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

tarynsnotokay's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.5

kimball_hansen's review against another edition

2.0

I dunno. People are saying how this book was full of suspense and terror and a bunch of other things that it simply was not. At all. It was slow and boring. This book didn't feel like a work of Stephen King. At least it was short, though. And Shawshank Prison was mentioned so that was neat.

I wonder if Stephen King doesn't like [a:Barbara Kingsolver|3541|Barbara Kingsolver|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1350499031p2/3541.jpg]. He made a crack at her.

toriaalexandra's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Unfortunately it just wasn't it for me. It felt like it had went too fast without any real development. Then had a erupt ending that did not give any real satisfaction.

I also was expecting that the story to be 200 pages, not a 'A Good Marriage' to be only 100 pages of the book and the extra content book be twice the length. I had to create a new edition to just include this book. I had no interest in reading 1922.

antiqueyouth's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

jill_spamp's review against another edition

4.0

This was a pretty good book - I liked the premise, and it made me wonder what I would do in her place.
I wasn’t a huge fan of the narrator, though. She didn’t sound like a horrified wife who’s just discovered her husband is this terrible monster, she sounds more like she’s kindly disappointed. I thought that was really odd and didn’t fit the circumstances.
I liked the ending, but in real life, I’d prefer he went to prison. The victims’ family members deserve to know no matter how old they are (thought that was a weird excuse to give in the book).
All in all, good short story. Hope the movie is just as good!

ssarahbbeth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

leakedinlondon's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

3.5