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A review by oddfigg
Woman with a Secret by Sophie Hannah
1.0
I like me a good locked room mystery, but this is anything but that. A book that doesn’t give you a chance to figure out whodunit, in my opinion, is not a successful book.
There were crucial details held back—details, I might add, that the characters knew but were not revealed to the reader—because if they’d been presented up front, we would have figured out the whole thing too soon. (Which is my least favorite thing about mysteries… There's definitely a delicate balance). The twists here were so twisty that they weren’t even shocking, they just seemed extremely implausible. If you read this and figured out who the killer was before it was given up, you are a stunning genius and I applaud you.
I guess in the future I’ll stay away from books dubbed “unputdownable,” which, I’d like to state for the record, is not a word.
There were crucial details held back—details, I might add, that the characters knew but were not revealed to the reader—because if they’d been presented up front, we would have figured out the whole thing too soon. (Which is my least favorite thing about mysteries… There's definitely a delicate balance). The twists here were so twisty that they weren’t even shocking, they just seemed extremely implausible. If you read this and figured out who the killer was before it was given up, you are a stunning genius and I applaud you.
I guess in the future I’ll stay away from books dubbed “unputdownable,” which, I’d like to state for the record, is not a word.