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The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen
3.0

An okay thriller with some unnecessary plot twists

The thing I like about thrillers is how they unravel the story, slowly, piece by piece. I love how it begins from the worst possible point and keep one guessing about events that led our characters to such a low point. As the story unfolds, and we learn more about the events, we start to piece the puzzle together. However, we always want to be wrong. We like experiencing shock and the adrenaline rush that comes with it.

The wife between us, however, lacked that shocking factor.
The build-up, the unravelling was executed perfectly but the ending was underwhelming. Just after reading a few pages, you will have a pretty good idea about where the story is headed. Despite that you won't be able to put the book down. Part of you will wish to be wrong, to be shocked, but you will end up disappointed.

Its not a bad book by any means. I really enjoyed it. My only problem with the book was the ending and the unnecessary twist in the epilogue. It was uncalled for and to be honest stupid. There were also some parts in the book that added nothing to the story. They were just there to confuse the reader, to get them to look the other way, but it didn't work, unfortunately.

All in all it was entertaining but not the best thriller out there.

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