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A review by thereadingchemist
The Housewife by Valerie Keogh
3.0
Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.
I want to start this review by saying that this author writes brilliantly. However, the plot was poorly executed in my mind. The first half of the book made me think that I was growing crazy much less Diane. And I couldn't stand the way that Paul treated his wife. Everything felt so condescending. By the time the plot built up to the big reveals, I felt that it was underwhelming considering what I had read. I feel like if the story had a faster pace and the revelations came sooner, this would have been a story that I would have loved.
I want to start this review by saying that this author writes brilliantly. However, the plot was poorly executed in my mind. The first half of the book made me think that I was growing crazy much less Diane. And I couldn't stand the way that Paul treated his wife. Everything felt so condescending. By the time the plot built up to the big reveals, I felt that it was underwhelming considering what I had read. I feel like if the story had a faster pace and the revelations came sooner, this would have been a story that I would have loved.