A review by geve_
A Good Marriage by Jessica Hecht, Stephen King

3.0

2.5.

Started out really strong, good opening and hook. Went downhill quick, full stephen king style. Ended fine I guess, I dunno. Totally serviceable but nothing more. Wish it had all gone as the opening had.
It did feel very old fashioned for when it took place, but that's just king at this point I think.

One weird annoyance:

Spoiler

this guy murdered a dozen women, brutally. Like tortured them, raped them, bit them apparently down to the bone, which uh, don't think is something a human person can do but ok. He killed one boy, who witnessed a murder and THAT"S the one they always call back to. It's like everyone can kinda accept that he was an incel and hated women and had to torture them to continue to go to work and not shoot up the mall, but we gotta draw the line at murdering a boy. Like the wife only really got upset when thinking about the kid, and the detective used the kid as leverage, because just literally raping and torturing a bunch of women is common place and not something you'd turn against your husband for, you know as long as you think he isn't gonna murder you specifically, those other women are not important. I dunno, just felt really weird how easily everyone could accept the woman torture murders, but not the kill a kid who was a witness. They both seem pretty bad to me.