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A review by sauvageloup
The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Really excellent writing and v compelling
pros:
- the writing was gripping and I never quite knew where the story was going until the very end.
- I liked the characters overall, especially Will, and I thought they behaved pretty realistically, especially with Faith's rambling and all their complicated relationships between each other.
- I appreciated that even though this was a late book and mixed 2 series, I still had a good feel for what had gone on most of the time, which is quite impressive
- the case was very compelling and you were 100% gunning for this awful guy to be caught.
- it definitely made me want to go back to the start of the series and see how will and Sara had got to where they are.
cons:
- the details were just... so graphic and explicit and disturbing at times that I struggled with it, and it lingered in my mind with horrible images. that's the main reason I'm hesitant to read more of her work.
- also, from an outside perspective, Jeffrey is just a shit head and I had no love for him at all. I assume his history with Sara somehow redeems him but I loathed him in this context and didnt feel any connection to his chapters
- there were a lot of characters (also cus i was coming in fresh to the series) so i lost track sometimes, esp when just surnames were used randomly.
- I had kind of hoped the title meant that Jeffrey was corrupt like Daryl said and Sara had kept silent about it, that seemed like a cool use of the title and the story, but it didn't link in like that.
- I did like the ending, though felt like some other reviewers that it was a bit abrupt/awkwardly tied in maybe?
overall, very well written and compelling but struggled with the graphicness.
pros:
- the writing was gripping and I never quite knew where the story was going until the very end.
- I liked the characters overall, especially Will, and I thought they behaved pretty realistically, especially with Faith's rambling and all their complicated relationships between each other.
- I appreciated that even though this was a late book and mixed 2 series, I still had a good feel for what had gone on most of the time, which is quite impressive
- the case was very compelling and you were 100% gunning for this awful guy to be caught.
- it definitely made me want to go back to the start of the series and see how will and Sara had got to where they are.
cons:
- the details were just... so graphic and explicit and disturbing at times that I struggled with it, and it lingered in my mind with horrible images. that's the main reason I'm hesitant to read more of her work.
- also, from an outside perspective, Jeffrey is just a shit head and I had no love for him at all. I assume his history with Sara somehow redeems him but I loathed him in this context and didnt feel any connection to his chapters
- there were a lot of characters (also cus i was coming in fresh to the series) so i lost track sometimes, esp when just surnames were used randomly.
- I had kind of hoped the title meant that Jeffrey was corrupt like Daryl said and Sara had kept silent about it, that seemed like a cool use of the title and the story, but it didn't link in like that.
- I did like the ending, though felt like some other reviewers that it was a bit abrupt/awkwardly tied in maybe?
overall, very well written and compelling but struggled with the graphicness.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape and Violence
all the warnings, for everything