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A review by tirwinreads17
The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth
4.0
Thank you so much to NetGalley, Macmillian Audio, and the author for an advance listener’s audiobook of the Younger Wife in exchange for an honest review. I listened on my iPhone from 3/15/22-3/19/22.
Domestic suspense isn’t normally my go-to genre, but I am very glad I gave this book an opportunity due to it being a highly anticipated release. I personally thought it was entertaining and both well written and well narrated, once you get used to the Australian theme, of course. I am fairly new to audiobooks and I was really surprised at how quickly 11ish hours flew by!
I appreciated how the story was told from multiple viewpoints and different voices/narrators of the present, and future, Aston women. The in-depth character development was excellent. All of the characters had both similar and dissimilar struggles which in the end bonded them. I could see how the slow build-up could be thought of as boring and futile to some readers, especially when consuming in physical print as opposed to the audiobook. However, it is so important to the plot and crux of the story if you stick with it. I did not see the ending coming and it did leave me hanging a little bit with some questions, which I believe some of the best stories tend to do. Those are the ones that stick with you.
I would rate this book 3.5/5 stars. I enjoyed most parts and would recommend to others.
Domestic suspense isn’t normally my go-to genre, but I am very glad I gave this book an opportunity due to it being a highly anticipated release. I personally thought it was entertaining and both well written and well narrated, once you get used to the Australian theme, of course. I am fairly new to audiobooks and I was really surprised at how quickly 11ish hours flew by!
I appreciated how the story was told from multiple viewpoints and different voices/narrators of the present, and future, Aston women. The in-depth character development was excellent. All of the characters had both similar and dissimilar struggles which in the end bonded them. I could see how the slow build-up could be thought of as boring and futile to some readers, especially when consuming in physical print as opposed to the audiobook. However, it is so important to the plot and crux of the story if you stick with it. I did not see the ending coming and it did leave me hanging a little bit with some questions, which I believe some of the best stories tend to do. Those are the ones that stick with you.
I would rate this book 3.5/5 stars. I enjoyed most parts and would recommend to others.