I was apprehensive going into this one. I’m into twisty dramas that keep me guessing and domestic thrillers seem to be the big thing right now, and I want to be all in. I quite enjoyed Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and the whole concept of the person you are married to is a complete stranger. Then came The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins and while I was interested, I could easily put it down and come back later. My biggest disappointment came in The Breakdown by B. A Paris and that was mostly because all the main character did was cry, drink, take some pills, and cry some more. Unreliable narrators are difficult because they can be aggravating. The Wife Between Us is in a whole new realm.
This is told in alternating perspectives from Vanessa, Richard’s ex-wife, and Nellie, Richard’s new fiancé. Nellie can’t stop feeling like someone is following her and watching her every move. Vanessa is determined to stop Richard’s wedding.
Vanessa was intriguing and I knew I didn’t trust Richard, but I wasn’t sure why yet. I did end up guessing what it was that gave me the creeps about Richard, but I still enjoyed reading it. I loved that Vanessa was still a mess, but had more backbone than some of the other protagonists I’d been coming across. She sort of managed to go to work and she still got up every day and was on her mission stalking Richard’s new fiancee, so at least she had some goals. The really big twist made me stop and think about everything I had read so far and why I didn’t anticipate it.
It might be because of the dark books I read, but I kind of expected this one to be a little more twisted and weird. I had all these plot lines going in my head that were darker than the actual story, but I enjoyed this. The only reason I didn’t love it was because I was busy while reading through it and I could only read in small chunks so the suspense would die off and need to rebuild the next time I picked up the book. I will absolutely read another book by these two authors and was pleasantly surprised with how well their voices blended into one. I never felt like I was taken out of the story because it didn’t mesh and I was so happy to see that.
The same group that purchased the rights to The Girl on the Train have also purchased the rights to The Wife Between Us and I think this one would make a better movie. I read an article that said the pair wrote this with a movie in mind and set up the book like scenes, and I could tell when I read it because I could easily visualize how it would be shot. The article also stated they are working on another novel that isn’t a sequel, so hooray for stand alone books!
This is told in alternating perspectives from Vanessa, Richard’s ex-wife, and Nellie, Richard’s new fiancé. Nellie can’t stop feeling like someone is following her and watching her every move. Vanessa is determined to stop Richard’s wedding.
Vanessa was intriguing and I knew I didn’t trust Richard, but I wasn’t sure why yet. I did end up guessing what it was that gave me the creeps about Richard, but I still enjoyed reading it. I loved that Vanessa was still a mess, but had more backbone than some of the other protagonists I’d been coming across. She sort of managed to go to work and she still got up every day and was on her mission stalking Richard’s new fiancee, so at least she had some goals. The really big twist made me stop and think about everything I had read so far and why I didn’t anticipate it.
It might be because of the dark books I read, but I kind of expected this one to be a little more twisted and weird. I had all these plot lines going in my head that were darker than the actual story, but I enjoyed this. The only reason I didn’t love it was because I was busy while reading through it and I could only read in small chunks so the suspense would die off and need to rebuild the next time I picked up the book. I will absolutely read another book by these two authors and was pleasantly surprised with how well their voices blended into one. I never felt like I was taken out of the story because it didn’t mesh and I was so happy to see that.
The same group that purchased the rights to The Girl on the Train have also purchased the rights to The Wife Between Us and I think this one would make a better movie. I read an article that said the pair wrote this with a movie in mind and set up the book like scenes, and I could tell when I read it because I could easily visualize how it would be shot. The article also stated they are working on another novel that isn’t a sequel, so hooray for stand alone books!