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twists You are on the edge of your seat reading The Other Wife, Suzi and her husband Nick move to a secluded area, They have one neighbor named Elle Unbeknownst to Suzi, Elle is watching her, Secrets and lies A domestic thriller with unlikeablebutinteresting characters that keeps you on your toes, It was slow to start at least in my opinion there are plenty of reviews saying otherwise and the ending felt really chaotic in a forced way.
There were definitely moments that were harder to believe than others, but once you learned to ignore that feeling it was overall quite enjoyable,

I would've preferred tighter writing and a shorter book in order to keep that urgent, panicked feeling, but it wasn't bad at all.
I'll definitely consider reading Claire McGowan's other work,

A big thank you to the publisher, Amazon Publishing UK, for allowing me to read this title in exchange for an honest review.
The Other Wife by Claire McGowan is a multilayered novel of secrets, deceit, abuse, and plenty of twists, all coming together in a suspenseful read that will have you turning pages late into the night.
For me, the buildup was slow but the tension only ratchets up as the story progresses, and patience will be duly rewarded,

Told from the alternating perspectives of three women, Suzi, Elle, and Nora, it is immediately apparent that all is not as it seems in the lives of these three women.
Suzi, the most fully fleshed out character, is pregnant and living in fear in a remote cottage where she is the victim of domestic abuse.
Nora, coincidentally or not, takes up residence in a cottage of her own across the street, and might just be the salvation that Suzi is seeking.
Or will Nora's secrets, in fact, be the undoing of them all

This is a read that picks up steam as it progresses.
There are lightbulb moments when individual stories shift into focus, and the twists will have you glad to have stayed the course,

Many thanks to NetGalley and Amazon Publishing UK for this ARC, The story begins with three different female perspectives: Nora, newly widowed, completely broke, and trying to start over, Suzy, unhappily married to a controlling man and pregnant, potentially with her lovers baby, And Elle, married to a doctor who she constantly worries is having an affair,

I really do not like to write negative reviews, In fact, I try to avoid it by DNFing books that I wont be able to give a positive boost to but sometimes mistakes are made.
I dont enjoy insulting someones work, I try to find redeeming qualities in everything to highlight along the way, I cannot seem to do that here, I really did not like this book,

As far as readability goes, it had some level of intrigue and moved at a reasonable pace, With the exception of a few drawn

out parts, I was rarely bored, Maybe those are redeeming qualities

I told myself throughout the story that it would get better and that the twists would be worth it.
When I reached the first big “twist” I almost called it quits, as I thought this was glaringly obvious all along, It was a poorly executed attempt to fool the reader,

I persevered, deluding myself into believing that it might get better, It was a book built on lies so perhaps I just fell victim to the story line when I told that lie to myself,

The story seemed absurd to me and the plot holes were enormous, I felt like the women were made out to be so silly, I want to say so much more than that I want to specifically tell you what drove me mad, But I dont want to spoil the book for anyone who does choose to read it, I also dont want to write a five page review and there was a lot that drove me mad,

Maybe if you havent read very many thrillers and you dont really care if there is any level of plausibility to the story, you will enjoy this more than I did.
There are definitely people who have liked it, Goodreads tells me so.

Thank you Thomas amp Mercer for a digital review copy through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review, All opinions are my own, Suzis husband Nick moved them to a cottage in the country months earlier, forcing Suzi to leave her job, Now shesmonths pregnant, completely isolated and trapped, due to the fact she doesnt have her own vehicle, And Nick is getting more and more controlling by the day, having a say about everything from how she cleans the house to any piece of food she puts in her mouth.
Suzi wants to keep her family together, but all she can think about is the man shes still in love with, the man shes been waiting to hear from for months.


And then out of the blue, a woman named Nora rents the cottage next to Suzis, Finally, Suzi doesnt feel so alone, Suzi hopes that she can find a confidant in Nora, but what she doesnt know is Nora already knows all of Suzis secrets and she is planning to use them against her

The Other Wife by Claire McGowan is a twisty domestic thriller with a cast full of unlikable characters.
We see through the perspectives ofwomen: Nora, Suzi and Elle, We know Nora and Suzi are neighbors, but we are trying to guess how this separate woman, Elle, fits into the mix, Unfortunately, I guessed how thewomen were all interconnected, which removed the element of surprise, But at the end, there were more twists that I didn't see coming, which kept me hooked to the story, I still would recommend this one!/stars,

Thank you to NetGalley, Thomas amp Mercer and Claire McGowan for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review, Other Wife is a thriller about as original as its title, Which is to say not at all, Its very similar to a great many women authors women driven thrillers that seem to be all the rage nowadays, it diligently works the formula, but doesnt go out of its way to offer readers something new or exciting.
So here you have the traditional split narratives, which do eventually narrow down via a twist so from miles away easily predictable, it barely seems like a twist at all.
But essentially it is a story of two marriages, both crappy, with wives in both being the victims of coercive control, In fact, this is laid on so thickly, it can be a coercive control PSA, Which is, of course, a terrible thing, but also very much one of those two to tango scenarios, So before you go pitying the wives, consider thisthey made choices, they made stupid choices and stuck with them and continue to do so on daily basis through personal weaknesses or self delusion.
And alsothey are not the naïve innocents in all of this, In fact, they are criminals, liars or both, Obviously, the wives are connected in some way and obviously its through a man, this is, after all, a very obvious book, And so everyone go around playing their games, lying and manipulating those around them, only the men are made out to be the deviant, while the women are helpless damsels who are just kind of waking up to their circumstances.
The fact that one of them wakes up all the way the other one makes some efforts, but essentially just rolls over and waits to be rescued and gets in a mood for revenge is one of the best aspects of the novel, but it just isnt enough to elevate the estrogen saturated very much so, in fact the author also writes womens fiction under a different name triteness of the plot.
So depending on how you like your suspense thrillers this may or may not work for you, If your expectations, need for clever twists and originality are all set to low and you dont mind spending time with a bunch of not especially likeable liars and cheatsgo for it.
The writing itself is decent enough, very readable, Its pop fiction, essentially, the psychological darkness of the genre one of my favorite things about it isnt really all that dark, There is some demented behavior and some genuinely shtty mother figures for a book so obsessed with motherhood, but not enough, the bulk still rests with the helpless clueless women being manipulated by their evil, evil men.
And if that wasnt simplistic enough, the final twist, the reason someone gets found out, is so amateurishly dumb, especially after creating and executing such an elaborate plan, that its justlaughable.
So yeah, mediocre at best, something like a mindless beach read, Very easy read, but not exactly intellectually or otherwise thrilling, Your mileage may vary. Thanks Netgalley. The Other Wife is the first book by Claire McGowan that I have had the pleasure to read, This book defiantly kept me on edge and turning the pages, There were twists and turns, some of them, I did figure out, but some I was totally blindsided by,
The Other Wife is full of lies, deceit, betrayal and lots and lots of secrets, Most, if not all, of the characters in this book, I disliked in the best way possible, I believe that Ms. McGowans goal was for the reader to find most of the characters abhorrent, and in my opinion, she achieved this goal,

The Other Wife is well thought out, the writing was solid and flowed well, Unfortunately, there were some implausible parts to this book, and I felt this distracted from the overall believability, but you will have to decide for yourself.


This story is told from different timelines and multiple points of view, all expressed by the female characters, Suzi, Elle, Nora, and Eleanor, that this story revolved around.
Hearing from all these different characters could get a bit confusing, But maybe that was the intent of the author, to keep us on our proverbial toes, However, there were times I wanted to shake these women and say, “Really, what is wrong with you, ”

Elle is the perfect wife with the ideal husband to go along with the quintessential life, However, things are not always what they seem to be on the surface, On the other hand, Suzis life is a mess, most of which, in my opinion, was her own doing, Her husband, Nick, is controlling, selfish, and belittling,

Under the guise of working on their troubled marriage, Nick moves them out of London to a remote cottage in the country, Suzi is feeling very isolated and unhappy, but as luck would have it, Nora moves into the cottage next door, and they develop a friendship of sorts.
This is when the book gets interesting, but that is where I will have to end my review, No spoilers for my review,

The Other Wife is a bit of a slow burn, Ms. McGowan sets the scene thoroughly for this domestic thriller, and her character development is utterly devious, Overall, I did enjoy reading this book, I feel that I must mention there is an element of spousal abuse in this book, so if this is a problem for you, steer clear of this book.


I kindly received this galley by way of NetGalley/publisher/author, I was not contacted, asked, or required to leave a review, I received no compensation, financial or otherwise, I have voluntarily read this book, and this review is my honest opinion, .