danadou 's review for:

The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty

3.0

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If the first chapter and the epilogue were removed from the book, I might be tempted to give this book 4 stars, oh, and if the dumb Berlin Wall metaphor were removed... Never mind, this book is wholly undeserving of 4 stars. The Berlin Wall story felt entirely forced; it wasn't necessary and it didn't add anything to the book. I hated the epilogue. Books don't need every loose end tied up, and the epilogue made me think that Moriarty holds her readers to incredibly low standards. The book definitely found a groove in the middle chunk, and I enjoyed reading the three women's stories, especially Tess', but this could easily have been so much better with less.