sboelkens 's review for:

The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter

5.0

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There was a lot to love about this book. At first, I rolled my eyes when, of course, Lena is involved in a case again. I swear, for a state the size of Georgia, there are only about 100 LEO according to the author. She just keeps recycling the same players in the same jurisdictions. I was similarly disheartened to see Jeffery come back into the fold. I am a huge fan of Will, because I have a soft spot for misunderstood underdogs. It must be some kind of "I can fix him" trope I unfortunately find appealing. But somehow, all of this jumping back and forth between timelines and characters kept me hooked. HOWEVER, I think that it was completely unnecessary turn of events to make Brock a complete monster. Karin Slaughter could have chosen literally any other character, and the story would have worked just as well. As I said before, I had a soft spot for Brock and his friendship with Sara. It was a wholesome plot point that didn't need to be destroyed. Sara has gone through ridiculous traumas, and now she also finds out that a decades old friendship was... this. It was unnecessary, and honestly, it kind of turned me off the entire book at the end. I'm still stewing about it the next day, and that's either genius on the author's part or something I should talk to a therapist about because none of these characters are real LOL