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A review by beate251
Nobody's Wife by Laura Pearson
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Emily and Josephine are sisters. Emily has just married Michael, Josephine has just met Jack. The first time she brings him over for dinner, Emily and Jack discover they have a spark.
Although Missing Pieces is Laura Pearson's debut novel, this is apparently the first book she wrote. This might explain why I can't connect with it the way I did with the others, or maybe it's the subject matter of Infidelity.
Basically, it reads like a misery novel - two people who shouldn't be together, destroy everything because they give in to temptation. It's a family drama about sisters and lovers, betrayal and forgiveness and the fact that nothing is ever just black and white. There had been cracks in both relationships before, which doesn't excuse anything of course, and I actively hated Jack.
There is one twist at the end that, I am unhappy to say, I saw coming a mile off. It didn't make it any less shocking and sad of course.
Pearson explores what happens when two people give in to temptation without thinking of the consequences. In the end, it's always the innocent people that get hurt. There was no love story worth rooting for here, there was selfishness and obsession, and the consequences were far-reaching and tragic. It was an emotional read, but at the end too upsetting for me.
Although Missing Pieces is Laura Pearson's debut novel, this is apparently the first book she wrote. This might explain why I can't connect with it the way I did with the others, or maybe it's the subject matter of Infidelity.
Basically, it reads like a misery novel - two people who shouldn't be together, destroy everything because they give in to temptation. It's a family drama about sisters and lovers, betrayal and forgiveness and the fact that nothing is ever just black and white. There had been cracks in both relationships before, which doesn't excuse anything of course, and I actively hated Jack.
There is one twist at the end that, I am unhappy to say, I saw coming a mile off. It didn't make it any less shocking and sad of course.
Pearson explores what happens when two people give in to temptation without thinking of the consequences. In the end, it's always the innocent people that get hurt. There was no love story worth rooting for here, there was selfishness and obsession, and the consequences were far-reaching and tragic. It was an emotional read, but at the end too upsetting for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Abortion