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A review by paulabrandon
It's Always the Husband by Michele Campbell
2.0
Aubrey, Jenny and Kate meet in college when they become roommates. They become firm friends. Kate is a super-rich super-bitch, and everybody is obsessed with her. A death during freshman year irrevocably changes their friendship. Twenty-two years later, there are still tensions over the circumstances of that death. And then one of the friends is murdered.
I have a terrible, guilty secret of my own to confess. I actually bought this book for my mum for Christmas, and read it this morning, because I'm not seeing the family until lunch. I was careful not to fold or crease any pages. It still looks brand new! Unfortunately, I won't be able to tell her whether it was any good or not, because she's not to know I read it! Which means I can't warn her in advance that it's not a particularly good or interesting read.
This was just too slow-paced. While I understand the overlong college-set chapters were to develop character and context, it just felt like it went on forever. It was at the point where the students are on their Jamaica holiday and we're getting every "The O.C."-style teen drama conflict imaginable thrown at us that I was like, "Goddamn, just get on with it already!" Seriously, it was overkill. I've read a lot of thrillers, so none of what happened in the present day particularly surprised me, nor was it all that interesting. None of the characters were particularly likable or sympathetic, and I'm not sure of the reasoning behind
I have a terrible, guilty secret of my own to confess. I actually bought this book for my mum for Christmas, and read it this morning, because I'm not seeing the family until lunch. I was careful not to fold or crease any pages. It still looks brand new! Unfortunately, I won't be able to tell her whether it was any good or not, because she's not to know I read it! Which means I can't warn her in advance that it's not a particularly good or interesting read.
This was just too slow-paced. While I understand the overlong college-set chapters were to develop character and context, it just felt like it went on forever. It was at the point where the students are on their Jamaica holiday and we're getting every "The O.C."-style teen drama conflict imaginable thrown at us that I was like, "Goddamn, just get on with it already!" Seriously, it was overkill. I've read a lot of thrillers, so none of what happened in the present day particularly surprised me, nor was it all that interesting. None of the characters were particularly likable or sympathetic, and I'm not sure of the reasoning behind