Today is release day for one of my latest reads! The Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica was an ARC that I received courtesy of NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing. Thank you! I am so excited that I had the chance to review it!
Plot Summary: This one was definitely an interesting read! The story revolves around a woman named Sadie and her family who recently moved to a small island off the coast of Maine. They are all aiming for a fresh start after a series of negative events in their previous city. Not long after the family moves in, one of their neighbors is found murdered and for some reason it seems like the police are focused on Sadie as a suspect. But why? Sadie didn’t even know the woman who was murdered. Why do the police keep questioning her? Why aren’t they looking for the real killer? And is this small town really that safe?
Category: Mystery/Thriller (I promise I will review other categories soon 😉)
My Review:
What I liked: The story is told from 3 perspectives and while some connections are revealed early, the reader is left guessing how these three narrators are really linked. One storyline I believe is purposely written to make you think you know who that person really is, but it also seems way too obvious at the same time. I think the author did a great job of making you wonder where the story was going and who these three narrators actually were. Towards the end of the book, the author starts dropping some hints into one of the storylines that makes you realize things are not at all what they seem. I enjoyed the slow reveal as I tried to put the pieces together. The clues were just enough to keep you reading and to keep you guessing. At the end of the story, another perspective is added with a final twist that I didn’t see coming. I also liked that the ending had closure for all the characters and the reader was not left hanging.
What I didn’t like: The language. One of the teenage character’s language was horrific. I know the author was trying to convey that she was a troubled young woman, but I felt it was a little too much. Also, I found the scenes from the little girl’s perspective to be very hard to read toward the end. Those scenes were actually very disturbing to me. I am still going back and forth with whether I actually liked the main character Sadie. Sometimes she was written as a strong woman and other times she seemed like a complete pushover. I also thought that someone intelligent enough to be a doctor would not have made some of the really poor decisions she made in the story. She took things too far in some cases even committing crimes to investigate the murder of a woman she didn’t know. I will say that once you read the ending it does explain some of her behavior throughout the novel, but there are still things I questioned.
Disclaimer: R for language
Do You Read Me?: This one is a little bit tougher for me. Overall, I liked that the story was filled with a lot of twists and turns and it really held my interest throughout. It was worth the read to me, but definitely has some negative aspects with the language and some of the disturbing scenes. So if you can get past that, and you are looking for a thriller that keeps you guessing, I say give it a try.