sarahnolanbrueck 's review for:

The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins

5.0

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This one was so fun. I thought the way it came together was very clever. It’s a loose adaptation for sure but I kind of prefer that—if you’re going to do a spin on a classic, why not make it fun and play with the plot? It was enough that the lines directly referencing Jane Eyre really tickled me. There is something kind of formulaic about Hawkins’s novels—the insecure, tough as nails protagonist feels out of place and tries to make an identity through really weird and ambiguous female friendships—but I’m still here for it. For me it was a perfect beachy read with a good amount of intrigue.