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My Husband by Maud Ventura

99 reviews

misuki's review against another edition

3.5

emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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stully1025's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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julesarano's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious slow-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

Not gunna lie, it’s a little scary how much I related to the absolutely unhinged narrator. Might give her little yellow book method a shot.

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selkie777's review against another edition

4.75

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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page_not_found's review against another edition

3.0

dark tense medium-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

Puh, das Ende war leicht vorherzusagen, aber die delusion der Hauptperson,

die sich selbst aber natürlich mentale Gesundheit bescheinigt und meint sie müsse andere Menschen nicht dominieren um sich lebendig zu fühlen

war next level unangenehm.

Gut geschrieben, deshalb 3 Sterne, sonst aber eher lau.

Die Kinder, die nur Spielbälle zweier kerngestörter Eltern sind, tun mir absolut leid. Wirklich, es war einmal da trafen sich zwei Personen mit antisozialer Persönlichkeitsstörung und shit was about to hit the fan...

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7ibraryofalexandria's review against another edition

4.75

challenging inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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daisyfont's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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blackberryjambaby's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

WHAT. THE. FUCK. ending REALLY threw me for a loop

they deserve each other i guess

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eguichet's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Super fun thriller, even though nothing really happens. While the book itself is pretty fast paced, the tension and horror is slow to build, which pays off perfectly by the end. As with most thrillers, the final chapter is really what made this such a fun read.

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liesthemoontells's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny tense medium-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

This book was deliciously awful. While an antagonistic narrator can often be a bleak and draining reading experience, Ventura has a streak of wicked dark humour running through the narrator's account of her actions. Instead of getting exhausted by the character's obsession, I found myself gripped by her mental spiralling, thrilled to see what horrendous breach of dignity she would stoop to next.

I found the ending

appropriately dreadful and wickedly funny, similar to the ending of Gone Girl when you realise that the two awful repulsive people are perfect for each other.

The only bung note for me was the bedtime scene with the MC and her daughter. I didn't think the main character would have enough self awareness of her own parenting to know that her mask had "slipped".

Maybe if I was in a different headspace, where I was struggling to read this without a hint of irony, I would have found it less enjoyable, but as it was, I found it to be a perfect plane read.

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