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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
As Long as We Both Shall Live started out strong from the very first sentence and kept my attention straight through to the end.
“If you try to kill your wife without a plan, you will fail.”
Dare I compare this to Gone Girl? I think I do. I wouldn’t call it a direct comparison but it does strongly remind me of that story structure. Almost the entire first half of As Long as We Both Shall Live seems fairly straightforward, but then a series of twists take place to reveal the underlying truth of what is going on. Told through a few different perspectives and timelines, this is well-plotted to slowly reveal everyone’s secrets. There was one subplot that was a bit of an outlier, and although it helped to round out one of the characters, it didn’t do much to help drive the narrative forward.
Stylistically, this was different than anything I’ve read in a while. The tone is slightly noir with dark humor that fit in perfectly with the characters and their crazy drama. Much of what they do and the events that occur within these pages will require the reader to suspend disbelief, but if one can, it’s an exciting ride.
In the end, I very much enjoyed the wild ride that As Long as We Both Shall Live took me on. If this sounds like your kind of book, I encourage you to check it out.
*Thanks to the publisher for providing an arc of this edition via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
“If you try to kill your wife without a plan, you will fail.”
Dare I compare this to Gone Girl? I think I do. I wouldn’t call it a direct comparison but it does strongly remind me of that story structure. Almost the entire first half of As Long as We Both Shall Live seems fairly straightforward, but then a series of twists take place to reveal the underlying truth of what is going on. Told through a few different perspectives and timelines, this is well-plotted to slowly reveal everyone’s secrets. There was one subplot that was a bit of an outlier, and although it helped to round out one of the characters, it didn’t do much to help drive the narrative forward.
Stylistically, this was different than anything I’ve read in a while. The tone is slightly noir with dark humor that fit in perfectly with the characters and their crazy drama. Much of what they do and the events that occur within these pages will require the reader to suspend disbelief, but if one can, it’s an exciting ride.
In the end, I very much enjoyed the wild ride that As Long as We Both Shall Live took me on. If this sounds like your kind of book, I encourage you to check it out.
*Thanks to the publisher for providing an arc of this edition via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Absolutely excellent. Unflinching and hard-hitting. I think this book is going to do well; it should do.
If you loved the film "War of the Roses", you'll enjoy this book!
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Definitely one of the more enjoying thrillers I’ve read in a while — and I loved that so much of it was set in Colorado!
Thanks to Flatiron Books for the free copy in exchange for my honest review
The first pages had me instantly hooked – “If you try to kill your wife without a plan, you will fail.” Talk about an opening sentence. AS LONG AS WE BOTH SHALL LIVE by JoAnn Chaney was an ironically timed read for me. Started and finished it the day I picked out my wedding dress. This was a total binge read and I only put it down because it was 1am and I was falling asleep.
Matt and Marie’s marriage is hitting a rough patch. Everything they once loved about each other are now irritating and they find themselves resenting each other rather than loving the other. A nice trip away together should help, right? Well, things take a turn for the worse when Marie falls off a cliff on a hike. A tragic accident, or is it? This isn’t the first time a wife of Matt’s has turned up dead, is this a pattern or just horrible accidents?
We seem to bounce all over the place but not in a way that confuses you or loses you in the story. Plenty of twists throughout the book and the short chapters kept me flipping through. I read chapter to chapter, so when they’re so short I fall victim to the “oh, only 5 pages? I can do one more chapter.” cycle. I also enjoyed the chapter names, like my buddy reader, Chandra, I found myself singing them in my head a few times.
Overall, this is a solid thriller. Plenty to keep you on your toes and really well-written crazy characters. Despite the horrible things men can do to their wives – cheating, manipulating them and causing paranoia – you never want to underestimate the power of a woman on a mission. I would definitely recommend this one to be on your winter TBR.
The first pages had me instantly hooked – “If you try to kill your wife without a plan, you will fail.” Talk about an opening sentence. AS LONG AS WE BOTH SHALL LIVE by JoAnn Chaney was an ironically timed read for me. Started and finished it the day I picked out my wedding dress. This was a total binge read and I only put it down because it was 1am and I was falling asleep.
Matt and Marie’s marriage is hitting a rough patch. Everything they once loved about each other are now irritating and they find themselves resenting each other rather than loving the other. A nice trip away together should help, right? Well, things take a turn for the worse when Marie falls off a cliff on a hike. A tragic accident, or is it? This isn’t the first time a wife of Matt’s has turned up dead, is this a pattern or just horrible accidents?
We seem to bounce all over the place but not in a way that confuses you or loses you in the story. Plenty of twists throughout the book and the short chapters kept me flipping through. I read chapter to chapter, so when they’re so short I fall victim to the “oh, only 5 pages? I can do one more chapter.” cycle. I also enjoyed the chapter names, like my buddy reader, Chandra, I found myself singing them in my head a few times.
Overall, this is a solid thriller. Plenty to keep you on your toes and really well-written crazy characters. Despite the horrible things men can do to their wives – cheating, manipulating them and causing paranoia – you never want to underestimate the power of a woman on a mission. I would definitely recommend this one to be on your winter TBR.
There's 71 chapters in this book and I'm giving up on chapter 45.
There's so much going on and the weird vulgar detective subplot is overtaking the main murdery plot and I don't like it!
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Typing out those dots was honestly more exciting than this book to me.🤷🏻♀️
I loved the author's first book, but As Long As We Both Should Live fell flat for me. Frankly, I was bored and confused, but too bored to want to to continue-- even after Marie isn't the dead one!
Matt is supposed to be the bad guy and yeah, he's a cheater so he sucks yada yada, but surprise surprise Marie is more clever than him.
Some people should just get over it already and get divorced and this book would have been more interesting to me if it was all about his first wife faking her death.
The back and forth of the chapters from wife to wife was confusing enough and then suddenly there's this foul mouthed detective and his weird subplot about murdering someone maybe once?!? Wtf. I didn't sign up for that bullshit! I had no idea it was going to verge into detective against detective water cooler chat stuff and I wasn't into it and it didn't grab my attention.
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Meh.
There's so much going on and the weird vulgar detective subplot is overtaking the main murdery plot and I don't like it!
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Typing out those dots was honestly more exciting than this book to me.🤷🏻♀️
I loved the author's first book, but As Long As We Both Should Live fell flat for me. Frankly, I was bored and confused, but too bored to want to to continue-- even after Marie isn't the dead one!
Matt is supposed to be the bad guy and yeah, he's a cheater so he sucks yada yada, but surprise surprise Marie is more clever than him.
Some people should just get over it already and get divorced and this book would have been more interesting to me if it was all about his first wife faking her death.
The back and forth of the chapters from wife to wife was confusing enough and then suddenly there's this foul mouthed detective and his weird subplot about murdering someone maybe once?!? Wtf. I didn't sign up for that bullshit! I had no idea it was going to verge into detective against detective water cooler chat stuff and I wasn't into it and it didn't grab my attention.
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Meh.
From the opening pages I knew I was going to be hooked. I found myself cozying up in my chair with my coffee and saying, "OoOoOoH, this is going to be good!" Yes. I said it out loud. Here is what I read:
"If you try to kill your wife without a plan, you will fail. There are plenty of assholes who do just that, men who decide to murder their significant other on the spur of the moment because they're angry or drunk or jealous or just plain tired of the nagging or they don't want to go through the hassle of a divorce, and they get caught. They always get caught."
Epic. The whole book was fast-paced and had twist and turns sprinkled throughout that kept me on track. I never had a chance to slow down with this one because every time I thought I was about to figure it all out I had another curve ball thrown at me.
I highly recommend this one if you love a good domestic thriller! 4.5 but rounding up my star rating on here! Can't wait for more from JoAnn Chaney.
Thanks to Flatiron Books for the advance copy in exchange for an honest review.
"If you try to kill your wife without a plan, you will fail. There are plenty of assholes who do just that, men who decide to murder their significant other on the spur of the moment because they're angry or drunk or jealous or just plain tired of the nagging or they don't want to go through the hassle of a divorce, and they get caught. They always get caught."
Epic. The whole book was fast-paced and had twist and turns sprinkled throughout that kept me on track. I never had a chance to slow down with this one because every time I thought I was about to figure it all out I had another curve ball thrown at me.
I highly recommend this one if you love a good domestic thriller! 4.5 but rounding up my star rating on here! Can't wait for more from JoAnn Chaney.
Thanks to Flatiron Books for the advance copy in exchange for an honest review.
The synopsis of As Long As We Both Shall Live Sounds like something I would love - it seemed to be a twisty domestic thriller with untrustworthy characters. I don't know why the marketing team is trying so hard to present it in this genre. Although I was hooked at the beginning, this one ended up not working out for me.
This book is much more focused on the procedural aspect than the synopsis let on. I very quickly lost interest after pages and pages of cop politics. I occasionally enjoy procedurals, but they are definitely not my favorite. The back stories of the cops received a lot of attention, and I just didn't care. After a while, the chapters start alternating with something else going on in one of the cops' lives, which left me skimming a decent amount of the book.
I feel like this book tried way too hard to have 500 twists, and many of them felt inspired by two other popular thrillers from recent years (not going to name them to avoid spoilers). This story would have been more effective if it was simplified even a little bit. I wasn't a fan of the ending, and everything that I had been waiting for was all smushed together. It felt rushed after everything else had dragged.
This book is much more focused on the procedural aspect than the synopsis let on. I very quickly lost interest after pages and pages of cop politics. I occasionally enjoy procedurals, but they are definitely not my favorite. The back stories of the cops received a lot of attention, and I just didn't care. After a while, the chapters start alternating with something else going on in one of the cops' lives, which left me skimming a decent amount of the book.
I feel like this book tried way too hard to have 500 twists, and many of them felt inspired by two other popular thrillers from recent years (not going to name them to avoid spoilers). This story would have been more effective if it was simplified even a little bit. I wasn't a fan of the ending, and everything that I had been waiting for was all smushed together. It felt rushed after everything else had dragged.