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3.29 AVERAGE
3.29 AVERAGE
Unfortunately, I did not get my twist that I wanted Fiona! Overall, I throughly enjoyed it! I really liked how Fiona tap into the minds of Jean especially, but the ending was what we all expected.
Another entry into the unreliable narrator, no one can every truly know what goes on in a marriage, suspense/thriller category.
Since I just finished "I let you go" by Clare Mackintosh, the comparisons jumped up on every page to it as well as "Gone Girl." This book is a quick read, but I was never shocked by a twist or twists like I was in those and similar reads.
If those are your types, go for it, but if you have read them, and want something different, go ahead and skip this one.
Since I just finished "I let you go" by Clare Mackintosh, the comparisons jumped up on every page to it as well as "Gone Girl." This book is a quick read, but I was never shocked by a twist or twists like I was in those and similar reads.
If those are your types, go for it, but if you have read them, and want something different, go ahead and skip this one.
“The Widow” is about a woman whose husband was accused of kidnapping and murdering a toddler. The story revolves mainly on the police investigation and sensational media coverage which aims to prove whether the husband was truly guilty or not.
The book is written in alternating perspectives and timelines between the widow, the detective, the reporter, etc. It’s not written chronologically so the dates get jumbled up sometimes and I had to take a moment to reorient myself to the setting every now and then.
With regards to the plot, I had high expectations at the beginning because the blurb on the book compared it to Gillian Flynn’s “Gone Girl” which in my opinion, is definitely not the case. “The Widow” started out great but halfway through, it lost its pace and kind of just dragged all throughout. Also, the switching of perspectives didn’t really work for me because I find the 300+-pages not sufficient to compress all those characters in a way that would make me connect to them. In the end, I felt like I merely got snippets of them and it left me unsatisfied.
Generally, this book proved to be an uncomfortable read for me because it involves a paedophile and there are some scenes which I found to be disturbing. There’s nothing explicit about it but still the things that were left unsaid were too much even for me. I just hate pedos so this really left a bad impression.
The book is written in alternating perspectives and timelines between the widow, the detective, the reporter, etc. It’s not written chronologically so the dates get jumbled up sometimes and I had to take a moment to reorient myself to the setting every now and then.
With regards to the plot, I had high expectations at the beginning because the blurb on the book compared it to Gillian Flynn’s “Gone Girl” which in my opinion, is definitely not the case. “The Widow” started out great but halfway through, it lost its pace and kind of just dragged all throughout. Also, the switching of perspectives didn’t really work for me because I find the 300+-pages not sufficient to compress all those characters in a way that would make me connect to them. In the end, I felt like I merely got snippets of them and it left me unsatisfied.
Generally, this book proved to be an uncomfortable read for me because it involves a paedophile and there are some scenes which I found to be disturbing. There’s nothing explicit about it but still the things that were left unsaid were too much even for me. I just hate pedos so this really left a bad impression.
This was goooooood.
I don't normally love books with multiple POVs. Mostly because I feel it pulls me out of the story and I have to regroup to get back into this different character's head. But here, Barton does it so well and I flew through this book. I spent the whole book knowing who the "bad guy" was, like everyone in the story does, but you don't know.....there's this little inkling of doubt and that's what makes this book so goooood.
I don't normally love books with multiple POVs. Mostly because I feel it pulls me out of the story and I have to regroup to get back into this different character's head. But here, Barton does it so well and I flew through this book. I spent the whole book knowing who the "bad guy" was, like everyone in the story does, but you don't know.....there's this little inkling of doubt and that's what makes this book so goooood.
Jean believes she has a good marriage and a wonderful husband in Glen - until the police show up and begin asking Glen about a little girl who was abducted. Jean can't believe the things her husband is being accused of, not her Glen. He tells her it's made up, the press and police are making things up and it will blow over because they don't have any evidence. As things escalate and more evidence is found against Glen, Jean has to wonder just who is this man that she's married to - and did he really do the things he's been accused.
One day I was at Indigo, and then I saw this novel featured throughout the entire store so I decided to read the summary, and the storyline was in fact intriguing as I though it would be. I automatically ordered the book from the public library and received it within no time and immediately started to read it.
At first, it was quite plain, dead husband, grieving wife, basically your typical widow story, but the plot developed a little, then fell back again.
The story is told in five different perspectives: The Detective, The Reporter, The Husband, The Mother, and The Widow which makes the novel even more interesting.
The Widow is a psychological suspense novel but I feel as though it failed to deliver. The plot was alright, but it seemed to be missing a lot.
It was an enjoyable read, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I honestly would. I had high expectations for this novel but while reading, I found myself blanking out and rereading the same page twice.
I was not as intrigued as I thought I would be, quite disappointed but still a great novel.
It might not have been my cup of tea, but it doesn't mean that others might not like it.
At first, it was quite plain, dead husband, grieving wife, basically your typical widow story, but the plot developed a little, then fell back again.
The story is told in five different perspectives: The Detective, The Reporter, The Husband, The Mother, and The Widow which makes the novel even more interesting.
The Widow is a psychological suspense novel but I feel as though it failed to deliver. The plot was alright, but it seemed to be missing a lot.
It was an enjoyable read, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I honestly would. I had high expectations for this novel but while reading, I found myself blanking out and rereading the same page twice.
I was not as intrigued as I thought I would be, quite disappointed but still a great novel.
It might not have been my cup of tea, but it doesn't mean that others might not like it.
There has been an awful lot of hype surrounding this book and with the promise of a supreme psychological thriller and the usual comparisons to other well known books, I was excited to read this and maybe was expecting too much. For me personally, it didn't live up to its promise. To start with, I didn't find it thrilling. It was more of a slow burner, and I had no difficulties putting it down at any time. I love thrillers that have a few surprises and maybe an unexpected final twist or at least something that makes me think 'oh that was clever'. I kept waiting and telling myself to read on because surely there would be something that wasn't as it seemed, but unfortunately there were no great twists, no final breathtaking reveals, it all played out exactly as one could have predicted from fairly early on. The character of the widow was dull. I pictured her as an ancient lady dressed in a light brown housedress with a tight perm, but she was supposed to be late thirties/early forties. The police were simply utterly incompetent in their investigation. The young, single mother of the abducted child was clichéd. The reporter was unlikable but at least had some spark. The media aspect was actually the most interesting part of this.
Overall, it was a readable debut and perhaps I've been reading too many child disappearance plots lately, but The Widow left me feeling a bit bored.
I received a copy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Overall, it was a readable debut and perhaps I've been reading too many child disappearance plots lately, but The Widow left me feeling a bit bored.
I received a copy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
CW: pedophilia, kidnapping
Not much to say about this one. A good thriller, along the lines of The Girl on the Train with its unreliable narrator, but not particularly exciting.
Not much to say about this one. A good thriller, along the lines of The Girl on the Train with its unreliable narrator, but not particularly exciting.
I think my rating is probably influenced by how disturbing this story was. The writing quality and story line were fine, but the missing child thing, etc = yuck!
3,5. Aunque bastante predecible, el entrar en la situación hace que te plantees muchas cosas te hace entrar en el cerebro de un adicto al porno, el de su entregada mujer, como para la prensa la noticia lo es todo, incluso por encima de los escrúpulos, la obsesión que puede llegar a tener un policía por un caso, etc.
Aún así hubiera agradecido algo más de misterio o una trama algo más elaborada.
Aún así hubiera agradecido algo más de misterio o una trama algo más elaborada.