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The Serial Killer's Wife
by Alice Hunter
This. Was. GOOD! “The Serial Killer’s Wife” starts out with an apparently nice, normal couple, just living life, when suddenly one night the husband is late and the police show up at their door. The wife is startled thinking maybe he was involved in an accident, but turns out he can be involved in a murder… And everything pretty much goes downhill from that.
Plot: ★★★★★
Absolutely loved it! There were some great twists, only one of them I was expecting, but even that one was written in such a way that my head was spinning and I wanted to scream. I recently read a book with a similar premise but the plot played out completely different, loved them both. And the ending is just CRAZY, I love it when little clues are put into the story and you forget about them, just so the writer can come back and hit you in the face with it.
Structure: ★★★★★
Excellent pace, I took a while to pick it up but for other reasons, when I sat down to read it I read it all in one day, even slept late because I was just so close to finishing it! It is constructed with 4 POVs: the wife’s nowadays, the ex-girlfriend’s 8 years ago, the husband’s nowadays and 8 years ago and a mysterious woman’s, undated. They are all pretty exciting and alternated, my least favorite was probably the husband nowadays because it doesn’t add much, but they really are all very well written.
Characters: ★★★★
You can’t really trust anyone!! Maybe Poppy, but I wouldn’t vouch for her either. I liked how well Beth’s character was built, slowly and well-executed. With Tom you have different sides of him according to which POV is being presented at the moment, so at the end you can fully understand his essence. You don’t really get to know/understand a few other characters, but it isn’t an actual problem, and maybe too much information on everyone would just slow the story down.
4.7 ★
I wanted this ARC so much I went on twitter to bother Alice Hunter and ask for it, and I wasn’t let down AT ALL! Such exciting and impossible to put down suspense. Looking forward to any new things coming from this author!
Thank you NetGalley for this Advance Review Copy in exchange for my honest review!
Plot: ★★★★★
Absolutely loved it! There were some great twists, only one of them I was expecting, but even that one was written in such a way that my head was spinning and I wanted to scream. I recently read a book with a similar premise but the plot played out completely different, loved them both. And the ending is just CRAZY, I love it when little clues are put into the story and you forget about them, just so the writer can come back and hit you in the face with it.
Structure: ★★★★★
Excellent pace, I took a while to pick it up but for other reasons, when I sat down to read it I read it all in one day, even slept late because I was just so close to finishing it! It is constructed with 4 POVs: the wife’s nowadays, the ex-girlfriend’s 8 years ago, the husband’s nowadays and 8 years ago and a mysterious woman’s, undated. They are all pretty exciting and alternated, my least favorite was probably the husband nowadays because it doesn’t add much, but they really are all very well written.
Characters: ★★★★
You can’t really trust anyone!! Maybe Poppy, but I wouldn’t vouch for her either. I liked how well Beth’s character was built, slowly and well-executed. With Tom you have different sides of him according to which POV is being presented at the moment, so at the end you can fully understand his essence. You don’t really get to know/understand a few other characters, but it isn’t an actual problem, and maybe too much information on everyone would just slow the story down.
4.7 ★
I wanted this ARC so much I went on twitter to bother Alice Hunter and ask for it, and I wasn’t let down AT ALL! Such exciting and impossible to put down suspense. Looking forward to any new things coming from this author!
Thank you NetGalley for this Advance Review Copy in exchange for my honest review!