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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
I listened to the audio book and was sucked in almost immediately. It was interesting, entertaining, and not predictable. I thought the author did a really great job balancing chapters about the past and present and left you wanting more every time she switched back and forth. Four stars.
Very slow burn, and didn’t love the sending but thought it made sense with the story. I liked having the different viewpoints of Lucy and Dianna and how they appreciated each other but never made it clear until the end.
I enjoyed The Good Sister much more!
I enjoyed The Good Sister much more!
My Thoughts: I’ll be honest, I hadn’t really planned on reading The Mother-In-Law because I wasn’t wild about Sally Hepworth’s last book, The Family Next Door (my review). I found it a little too soap opera-ish, but Sarah from Sarah’s Book Shelves thought I’d like this one and she rarely steers me wrong, so I picked it up on audio. Thank you, Sarah!
I loved how Hepworth structured this story telling it from both the perspective of Diana, the mother-in-law, and her daughter-in-law, Lucy. Other than one unfortunate incident, the two weren’t battling in-laws, but there was always unease and a bit of tension between them. The story also moves back and forth in time, alternating between the time when the two women first met, moving forward, and from the days after Diana’s death which was being investigated as a possible murder. Both women were interesting characters, with a lot of depth to them and the mystery surrounding Diana’s sudden death played out very nicely.
A great cast of secondary characters filled out The Mother-In-Law giving the reader characters to like, dislike, and suspect? The telling was sharp, making this a really easy book to listen to. I found myself going on extra long walks just to get in more listening time. There was a time or two I felt certain characters acted in ways that didn’t fit with how I’d come to know them, but those were minor flaws. The Mother-In-Law is a book you should be tucking in your beach bag! Grade: B+
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I loved how Hepworth structured this story telling it from both the perspective of Diana, the mother-in-law, and her daughter-in-law, Lucy. Other than one unfortunate incident, the two weren’t battling in-laws, but there was always unease and a bit of tension between them. The story also moves back and forth in time, alternating between the time when the two women first met, moving forward, and from the days after Diana’s death which was being investigated as a possible murder. Both women were interesting characters, with a lot of depth to them and the mystery surrounding Diana’s sudden death played out very nicely.
A great cast of secondary characters filled out The Mother-In-Law giving the reader characters to like, dislike, and suspect? The telling was sharp, making this a really easy book to listen to. I found myself going on extra long walks just to get in more listening time. There was a time or two I felt certain characters acted in ways that didn’t fit with how I’d come to know them, but those were minor flaws. The Mother-In-Law is a book you should be tucking in your beach bag! Grade: B+
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dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This was a fun read. I really admired mother-in-law Diana and her deep and abiding love for her family. My guess as to who dun it was off by just a bit. I love mysteries and this one is well written
Great read!
This was surprisingly clever. Every chapter had me wanting to read more and kept so much a mystery that every detail made sense in the end
This was surprisingly clever. Every chapter had me wanting to read more and kept so much a mystery that every detail made sense in the end
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I needed to pick up a thriller to balance out with the rom-coms that I’ve been reading, and I’ve been meaning to pick this one up for a while… so I did.
It hooked me at the start, but all in all, it was a pretty average story. Nothing really stood out to me and the big reveal didn’t really come as a surprise… nothing too memorable or exciting happened either. Also, it didn’t really read as a ‘thriller’ to me.
It hooked me at the start, but all in all, it was a pretty average story. Nothing really stood out to me and the big reveal didn’t really come as a surprise… nothing too memorable or exciting happened either. Also, it didn’t really read as a ‘thriller’ to me.