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The Wife Between Us: The First Four Chapters by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

10 reviews

aleilvandrea's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Stalking, Addiction, Death of parent, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abortion, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal cruelty, Medical content, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

nuuamuikkunen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I think the beginning is a bit slow and not so good, but the plot gets more interesting after reading about 50% of the book.

It's clear to see, this book was written about women, by women. Although their actions might be stupid or weird, they aren't illogical. That's something men tend to get wrong with women.

The part where

it turned out Vanessa and Nellie are the same person, was so good! It really showed how she had changed from one person to another. They were the same, but still very different.

Also, it was great that even the very end of the book revealed new secrets.

I really liked this and I'm looking forward to reading all the other books made by Hendricks and Pekkanen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, Infertility, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Minor: Car accident and Miscarriage

salamipizza's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Car accident, Sexual content, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Classism, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Violence, Alcoholism, Abandonment, and Cursing

jkar7's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.5

The twists in the book weren't exactly unpredictable... there were a couple I didnt see coming. The plot was interesting, the way it intertwined, but I felt like the story could have focused more on fleshing out the side characters than what type of wines they drank. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Infidelity, Death, Car accident, Blood, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Classism, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Infertility, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Drug use, Ableism, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Bullying, Alcohol, Stalking, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Car accident, Vomit, and Terminal illness

Minor: Abortion and Miscarriage

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This was an enjoyable read, and I think I would try these authors again. They definitely did a great job bringing their voices together. I do like a "dark past" story, but sometimes authors can refer to it too often, which makes the reader feel like screaming "oh my GOSH JUST TELL ME ALREADY," which I felt a teensy bit here. Overall, I was surprised multiple times throughout the book, which is great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Misogyny, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Physical abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Bullying, and Stalking

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Classism, and Fatphobia

sarah_speaks's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Infertility, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual content and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

slimywyrm's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcoholism, and Animal death

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Blood, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Sexism

Minor: Abortion, Blood, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, and Drug use

leahlovesloslibros's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

The Wife Between Us is broken into 3 main parts. Part 1 really got me hooked, wanting to know all the secrets and things left unsaid, as is necessary with any good book. We follow Vanessa's story as she mourns her [previous] marriage with Richard and begins stalking Nellie, Richard's new fiancee, in the weeks leading up to their wedding. Part 2 delves more into Nellie's relationship with Richard and how she is enamored with him and the lifestyle that being with him affords her. It showcases a bit of how she deals with Vanessa stalking her as well. Part 3....was kind of a shitshow, if I'm being honest. I felt like it was all over the place, which made it hard to follow. This section was the least surprising of the 3, which didn't exactly push me to finish the book, but I did. 

This book had several twists and turns. I didn't necessarily suspect any of them, but I won't say they really gave me a huge shock factor, either. Without saying too much, I will say that the one that really surprised me was when we found out more about the relationship between the dual narrators, Vanessa and Nellie. I was also surprised by the final twist in the epilogue; that one I totally didn't expect. Other than that, I felt that the other big twists were just, "meh."

Overall, I didn't love this book. I'm glad I didn't spend the money to buy The Wife Between Us; I listened to the audio book on Libby. I will give the authors another try, as I already own An Anonymous Girl, and that one seems to have higher praise than this one did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Minor: Abortion, Cancer, and Sexual content

lilacsophie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Infidelity

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Death, Sexual content, and Mental illness

Minor: Grief, Vomit, Miscarriage, and Infertility