Reviews - Happy Wife: A Novel

212 reviews for:

Happy Wife: A Novel

Meredith Lavender, Kendall Shores

3.55 AVERAGE

amybzzzz's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

snpf's review against another edition

3.25

Light/no heavy lifting/great beach read option. Some parts slower than a taut thriller should be and there could have been more suspects as possibilities imo, but it was overall enjoyable and I really liked the main character Nora - smart/sassy/really did love Will and his daughter Mia, loved her friendship with Este.

dmrbaker's review against another edition

5.0

mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

lqbelisle's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

smh123's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

wow_its_liz's review against another edition

4.25

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: Complicated

This book was way more of a thriller than I originally realized and that surprised me. I thought it was going to be straight literary fiction, so that threw me a little bit. I also ended up reading it concurrently with a the Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer, so I ended up reading two books about missing persons at the same time. However, with all that being said, I did like this book.

Thanks to Penguin Random House for the audio version of this title to go along with the ebook; immersive reading/listening is my preferred method of consuming books, so huge gratitude to them. The audiobook narrator, Saskia Maarleveld, did an exceptional job. Her diction is fantastic and she did a variety of voices to represent the varied cast of characters in the story. The sound mixing and editing were flawless.

This book had more suspense than I usually care for, but it will be perfect for thriller readers. I will recommend this to folks who like Frieda McFadden, Gillian McAllister, Sarah Pekkanen, Greer Hendricks, and similar authors.