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3.28 AVERAGE
3.28 AVERAGE
Passable domestic thriller with your very passable tropes, including the mostly unlikeable narrator with substance abuse issues.
**Update** Thank you to the wonderful Nina Laurin, who sent me a signed copy of her book (all the way from Canada 🇨🇦, where my husband is also from 😊 ) after I won it in her drawing! This is the best book mail I’ve received so far! 💜 I have your other books and will be reading them when I get a chance. Thank you again Ms. Laurin. I can’t express how excited I was to receive it...you made my day! 😊 You are truly a thoughtful and generous author!!!
This one started a little slow, then picked up and I was really enjoying it. The author did a great job of creating totally detestable main characters.
Byron is a college professor. His first wife, Colleen, was an artist with mental health issues who ended her own life...but her body was never found. After a few short relationships, Byron met and married his second wife, Claire.
Byron and Claire are living in the house he lived in with Colleen. Exactly like it was when she was alive...and yes it’s creepy and Claire isn’t happy about it. Still eerily decorated with her paintings. Although Claire did convince Byron to take down the nude one of him and Colleen that hung in the bedroom above the bed. Byron is still obsessed with his dead wife.
They also live off Colleen’s savings, but this doesn’t bother her. Claire is an unpublished writer and quite happy to spend her days lounging around, being spiteful and ungrateful. When she starts to get strange emails and phone calls, Claire begins to obsess over Colleen’s death and believes she may still be alive.
None of the characters are likable, but Colleen was my least favorite character. Just as I was anticipating all the big reveals, I turn the page and...the Epilogue is there! I was left confused, stunned and wanting a cleaner ending. Unfortunately, the ending brought down my rating, but others thought it was great.
Thank you to NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing for this digital ARC, in exchange for my honest review!
My Rating: 3 ⭐️’s
Published: June 11th 2019 by Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 352
This one started a little slow, then picked up and I was really enjoying it. The author did a great job of creating totally detestable main characters.
Byron is a college professor. His first wife, Colleen, was an artist with mental health issues who ended her own life...but her body was never found. After a few short relationships, Byron met and married his second wife, Claire.
Byron and Claire are living in the house he lived in with Colleen. Exactly like it was when she was alive...and yes it’s creepy and Claire isn’t happy about it. Still eerily decorated with her paintings. Although Claire did convince Byron to take down the nude one of him and Colleen that hung in the bedroom above the bed. Byron is still obsessed with his dead wife.
They also live off Colleen’s savings, but this doesn’t bother her. Claire is an unpublished writer and quite happy to spend her days lounging around, being spiteful and ungrateful. When she starts to get strange emails and phone calls, Claire begins to obsess over Colleen’s death and believes she may still be alive.
None of the characters are likable, but Colleen was my least favorite character. Just as I was anticipating all the big reveals, I turn the page and...the Epilogue is there! I was left confused, stunned and wanting a cleaner ending. Unfortunately, the ending brought down my rating, but others thought it was great.
Thank you to NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing for this digital ARC, in exchange for my honest review!
My Rating: 3 ⭐️’s
Published: June 11th 2019 by Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 352
Received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for a honest review. I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
I thought that this would be another story about a woman who’s being terrorized but someone unseen while no one believes her, but I was surprised. The first 2/3 is mostly straight forward and you see Claire begin to unravel. But the twist towards the ending I didn’t see coming. It’s a good mystery book
I thought that this would be another story about a woman who’s being terrorized but someone unseen while no one believes her, but I was surprised. The first 2/3 is mostly straight forward and you see Claire begin to unravel. But the twist towards the ending I didn’t see coming. It’s a good mystery book
Ma lecture m’a déçue. Elle m’a laissée sur ma faim. Je trouvais le début un peu lent avec deux personnages qui étaient plus ou moins fiables. La fin m’a quand même surprise, mais m’a semblé précipitée. Sommes toute, à la fin de ma lecture, j’ai cette impression « meh » au sujet du roman.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
This book was great! I gave it three stars because, as an avid thriller reader, I didn't feel like this book brought any new ideas to the table. However, I still definitely enjoyed this book and do recommend! This would be a great, quick & easy beach read for someone who enjoys thrillers!
HOW I RATE BOOKS (for reference):
5 stars: an amazing book. a book that will stay in my mind days, weeks, months later. typically an all-time favorite, although not always. Most likely to reread
4 stars: a great book, but is just missing that one thing to set it over the edge. would be somewhat likely to reread
3 stars: good, "meh" kind of book. was able to get through it and the story was okay, but not something I'd likely reread
2 stars: just no. a book I did not enjoy but was able to get through without DNFing
1 star: did not like it at all, was bored and couldn't get through it, DNF'd
HOW I RATE BOOKS (for reference):
5 stars: an amazing book. a book that will stay in my mind days, weeks, months later. typically an all-time favorite, although not always. Most likely to reread
4 stars: a great book, but is just missing that one thing to set it over the edge. would be somewhat likely to reread
3 stars: good, "meh" kind of book. was able to get through it and the story was okay, but not something I'd likely reread
2 stars: just no. a book I did not enjoy but was able to get through without DNFing
1 star: did not like it at all, was bored and couldn't get through it, DNF'd
Claire is married to Byron and is his second wife. Bryon’s first wife ,Collen committed suicide but her shadow hangs over their head as she feels Byron is still in love with her .When Bryon starts acting distant with Claire she becomes obsessed with finding out what happened to Collen and will stopping at nothing to find out the truth to save her marriage.
The Starter Wife by Nina Laurin is a definite page turner and an enjoyable domestic suspense.Though a little slow in the middle it picked pace later and kept me guessing till the end . Highly recommend !
I would like to thank Grand Central Publishing & NetGalley for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest and fair review.
This and more reviews at https://chloesbooksblog.wordpress.com/
The Starter Wife by Nina Laurin is a definite page turner and an enjoyable domestic suspense.Though a little slow in the middle it picked pace later and kept me guessing till the end . Highly recommend !
I would like to thank Grand Central Publishing & NetGalley for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest and fair review.
This and more reviews at https://chloesbooksblog.wordpress.com/
I only just finished this and while I should spend more time sitting on this, I say the tension I've felt throughout this reading experience to be more than I expected. The internal screaming I went through - let's just say, this book is a hell of a time.
Trigger warning: Stalking, alcohol abuse, drugs, sexual assault
Trigger warning: Stalking, alcohol abuse, drugs, sexual assault
The story follows Claire and Bryon. Byron is a college professor at the local university. Claire is an aspiring writer. Before they were married, Byron’s first wife Colleen, committed suicide. Now Claire is being harassed by a student. Not many of the characters are likable, and narrators are unreliable. I did enjoy the story, but there were some plot holes that were left hanging for me and I wished there were some answers. Overall, it was ok.