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Your Neighbour's Wife
by Tony Parsons
Your Neighbour’s Wife was an action-packed thriller filled with manipulation, lies, and consequences. So much happened that the story was never boring yet we still got to know each of the characters so well and figure out the mystery element as the book progressed. Right up until the end I wasn’t entirely certain who the killer was so even that was a huge reveal after all that had happened.
I really enjoyed looking back in hindsight both myself and through the chapter following the reveal exploring how the murder occurred to see just what had happened and how each character reacted with the knowledge they had at the time. Because of the nature of what happens during the story, there was a lot of time spent looking into various relationships throughout and how they individually break down, or not, and I loved these comparisons, which at times almost made me forget the thriller elements at all, so it was a real mixed bag of a book.
I will say this genre isn’t my favourite ever but I did still quite enjoy the book, being the first Tony Parsons I’ve ever read, and think a lover of psychological thrillers would really like it. There was just something about it that made me not really want to keep going back to it, so for my person enjoyment I’ve rated this 3 stars overall but I feel like as a book itself it’s more like a 4 stars.
Thank you to NetGalley for very kindly sending me an advance copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
I really enjoyed looking back in hindsight both myself and through the chapter following the reveal exploring how the murder occurred to see just what had happened and how each character reacted with the knowledge they had at the time. Because of the nature of what happens during the story, there was a lot of time spent looking into various relationships throughout and how they individually break down, or not, and I loved these comparisons, which at times almost made me forget the thriller elements at all, so it was a real mixed bag of a book.
I will say this genre isn’t my favourite ever but I did still quite enjoy the book, being the first Tony Parsons I’ve ever read, and think a lover of psychological thrillers would really like it. There was just something about it that made me not really want to keep going back to it, so for my person enjoyment I’ve rated this 3 stars overall but I feel like as a book itself it’s more like a 4 stars.
Thank you to NetGalley for very kindly sending me an advance copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.