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A review by shazzalovesnovels
Dead to Her by Sarah Pinborough
dark
mysterious
sad
3.0
The ending really paid off on this one.
When I started Dead to Her I was semi-intrigued with what was going on (rich second wife jealous of husband's, boss's new wife). I didn't know where any of this was going, I was on my tippy-toes waiting for a cheat to be discovered or a murder to occur.
The book seemed to drag in the middle. I just wanted something to happen . and then there's the voodoo I was baffled by how this was going to be integral to the plot and wasn't enjoying the scenes that it was brought up. I was slowly losing interest.
Then finally there was a murder! (attempted). but this was a little disappointing because I had already guessed who the perpetrator was. Much to my sisters annoyance I kept saying outloud: 'it was Elizabeth, Elizabeth did it!'.
I guessed it was her because she was the assistant: someone with access to the household and personal information. In movies it would be a doctor's wife or the secretary. and she seemed to be a person that the author avoided talking about, except to say that she was in the room or she was helping with something or just having a conversation. Pinborough would "push" other characters as suspects at the reader, but never Elizabeth.
And the ENDING omg. that was something I DID NOT see coming. After Marcie tells the story about her ex-husband and what happened to him, it was always a possibility that she did or didn't kill him. I didn't give it much thought. I should have. To find out that not only did she kill him, but that she is a scheming money-hungry sociopath had me so shook. Why did the ending have to be better than the overall book?😢
All I can say is I hope Marcie gets what's coming to her.
ps. discovering who the little boy was that Keisha saw as a child and finding out what happened to him, almost brought tears to my eyes. I can't understand why Pinborough added this bit. very sad.