3.5 Stars

This book was unnerving. It served its purpose in making me extremely uncomfortable. This is a disturbing story following Des, a man consumed with jealousy. Des's POV is split into 2 timelines. The past, where he first meets his soon-to-be wife, Jenny. And the present, where we see his toxic jealousy begin to poison his marriage, and eventually his children's lives.

This is a difficult book to rate. I liked to see the mental health rep in the book, except it was included in a way that just disturbed me. Seeing the way Des perceives things was shocking, and so this book definitely succeeds as a thriller. I do think the writing style was peculiar at times. There was some weird imagery going on, and I couldn't tell if that was due to the fact that we were reading in the point of view of a mentally unstable man, or if the author actually thought it was a good description. Even so, I often found the writing style made the book a little disjointed? I will say this is more of the editors fault than the author. I also thought some parts of Des's POV got a bit repetitive, to the point where I was getting bored and skipping a couple paragraphs.

Overall, the plot was great and the book is a very good thriller, I just think some it was slightly boring at times. I wish it was a bit more fast-paced.