Helpful Score: 10
I guess I'm in the minority. I hated this book. It was boring, dragged out, the characters were unlikeable, and it was NOT like the Gone Girl as everyone says. Gone Girl was an exciting thriller, hard to put down, which this one certainly was not! I struggled to finish it! Blah........
Helpful Score: 4
I give this one 3.5 stars. It held my attention until about 2/3 through it and then I was losing interest. I never really felt too connected to any of the characters. The author did not do a good job of tying in whatever happened between Jodi and her brothers as children to how it affected her behavior as an adult. It was kinda like "who cares?". I really thought this would be better. It was just OK for me.
Helpful Score: 2
In the same vein as Gone Girl, The Silent Wife is a fascinating psychological thriller. The narration is tossed back and forth between wife Jodi and husband Todd -- both unreliable and semi-loathsome for their own reasons.
Harrison handles the plot masterfully -- I couldn't stop turning the pages. I rank this among the best suspense fiction I've read in recent years, on par with Gillian Flynn, Sophie Hannah and other gold standards of the genre today.
I would highly recommend this story for everyone who loves to watch an author peel back the layers of a relationship layer by gritty layer, and revealing the dirty little secrets hidden in some couples' closets.
Harrison handles the plot masterfully -- I couldn't stop turning the pages. I rank this among the best suspense fiction I've read in recent years, on par with Gillian Flynn, Sophie Hannah and other gold standards of the genre today.
I would highly recommend this story for everyone who loves to watch an author peel back the layers of a relationship layer by gritty layer, and revealing the dirty little secrets hidden in some couples' closets.