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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Mad Wife, by Meagan Church

1950s housewife struggles to keep up with expectations and life in general after the birth of her second child. But what’s really going on?

I’m about halfway through. The main character is interesting, as is the window into suburban life at that time. It’s an easy read, yet there’s a darkness to it, too. Gothic/horror or just domestic suspense? Not sure yet, but I like it.

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I finished it last night. Good but not great. I’d give it 3/5 stars.

The good news is there was enough to keep me interested without veering into a ton of over-the-top twists and turns like a lot of “domestic thrillers” do these days.

But the last phase was just too much narrating/telling by the main character about her thoughts and refections about what she had just experienced. None of it was especially insightful or novel.

I would have at least preferred more “show” and less “tell” there - like if we could listen in as the main character talked through these things with her girlfriends during their weekly card games. At least that way it would have been broken up with other personalities and perspectives. Just felt blah at the end. [/quote]

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