niajones 's review for:

The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth

3.0

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Relatively easy and quickly read. Structure of chapters and multiple points of view made it page turning.

 Particularly enjoyed the slow reveal of

Stephen as gaslighting all the women although the end wasn’t as twisty as I was hoping.

Rachel and Tully side stories weren’t given enough attention or depth in my opinion which made

Rachel’s rape as a teenager too arbitrary considering it’s such an important and heavy topic.