Meredith B. (readingwithmere)'s Reviews > The Wife

5 Stars

I took a break from mysteries/thrillers just to give my mind a break. I felt like I had been reading similar stores over and over again but I'm glad I picked this one up as my next suspense novel.

We meet Rachel and you find out she may have had a troubled past and she has a child, Spencer. She hasn't had *that* much luck with men until Jason comes along. Jason is a NYU professor and also works with a Media company. They were truly living the NYC dream. The story starts out similar to other thriller suspense (view spoiler)[where the husband is cheating on his wife (hide spoiler)] however I think the stillness that Rachel has about this is what got me the most. She is almost calm about it all, kind of like she expected it to happen?

There was something about The Wife that kept me intrigued the whole time. I think I was expecting the whole husband has a powerful job, he cheats on wife with a mistress, there's some domestic abuse, etc. However this was different from that. I think that this story focused more on Rachel's side of things and almost puts her in power in a weird way. Rachel has a destructive past that she is trying to protect both herself and her son from. I had a feeling she may have had a plan all along but she mostly internalized it until the end when we find out what happens.

This book had shorter chapters and I read probably 3/4ths of it yesterday alone. I would definitely recommend picking this book up!