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Another excellent book by Liane Moriarty! I read Big Little Lies before this one, and The Husband's Secret is as much a page turner (well, I listened to it on audio) as Lies. Moriarty does this fantastic mash up of domestic and crime fiction by throwing in some crime and a handful of dark secrets to shake up a family's pleasant but mundane existence. Her characters are so fleshed out that even minor ones become integral, memorable parts of the story.
The Husband's Secret is about three different ...more
The Husband's Secret is about three different ...more
OK, to be fair, and because I see this book has many four and even five star reviews from people I know and trust, I will preface my review by saying that I read this book while in the midst of this horrible, horrible flu, so maybe George Clooney sitting by the side of my bed reading the entire "Betsy-Tacy" series to me wouldn't have kept my attention. BUT. It was a bad sign that the first night I read 15% of the book (e-readers....how did we stand not knowing what percentages we had read? Oh, t
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I don't like books about murder- it just feels like the author is sensationalizing someone's pain. If not for all the brutality and negative thinking in this book, I would have said I enjoyed it. The structure was different (in a good way), and the way the story unfolded kept me up reading until the wee-ist of morning hours. I'll try another of her books but not one involving lying, physically maiming, or willfully hurting others.
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It was a really interesting story about secrets and different people who’s lives intersect.
Dec 01, 2013
Rachel Piper
rated it
really liked it
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adult-fiction
Nov 12, 2017
Tressa
rated it
it was amazing
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general-fiction,
crime-fiction
