yunsq's reviews
147 reviews

Pretty Little Wife had nothing for me but I trudged on, not really sure what I was looking for. The final twist at the end saved the book for me. 

 

It started off on the wrong foot for me (if I weren't listening to it I'd have DNFed) but it ended on such a bang. I loved the ending! Loved. 

 

I found the silent connection between the two female main characters from beginning to end special, and intriguing. Kane had injected her female characters with such wit, cleverness and enigma — traits women in the thriller mystery genre seldom have. 

 

“She’s put the emphasis where it should be. Off the men who killed, and on the women who made a difference.” Reading Pretty Little Wife after all the other ones I’ve read prior to it felt like vindication :) 

this felt as much like a fever dream as did wolf of wall street. i dreaded to know what could go even more wrong for darren. as the book progressed, i've shed tears, felt extremely gutted and torn apart. every page was an emotional upheaval and rollercoaster through and through and i cannot recommend this book to anyone more. 

this book has one of the best endings I've read in a contemporary fiction novel this year. the audiobook is also AMAZING. and the book cover - i love. mateo askaripour is such a good writer - i couldn't put it down. i'd read anything he writes from now on. 

not a 5 though i was so sure it would be - up until

the passengers escape from their cars

- everything after libby received

the iPad

got a bit convoluted for me. otherwise.....what a marvellous techno-thriller. like THE ONE, i'd be thinking about this book for a while

I didn’t mind the lack of a plot in the novel. I listened to the audiobook read by the author herself. This book oddly reminds me of If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha—dark humour, satire and the realities of individuals left behind and forgotten by society. 

 

The last line in the book will be sticking with me for a while. “The opposite of nothing is not something, it’s everything.” 

felt like a fever dream... one i'd never wish upon my least favourite person in the world. playing nice is perhaps the best thriller i've read this year!

a strong 4.5!!! for all its merits. it was a wild, thrilling ride. not a 5 because i thought the ending could've been better - felt a bit too rushed, given how strong the build-up for all the characters and their behaviours were in earlier chapters. it has everything i want to read about in a sci-fic mystery novel - the discussion of ethics, reasonably-backed bad decisions (lol) and gasp-worthy moments (esp Mandy and Christopher's narrative) 

i thought about it for a while and couldn't give this book 4 stars. i couldn't get past the using of a mental illness as an excuse for an unreliable narrator is just.. tired. and wrong. c'mon we can do better than this. 

a fictional novel that could have been anybody's true recount. this story reminds me of Know My Name by Chanel Miller. except for Miller, what happened to her was as real as it could've been. 

i listened to the book as i read it and felt deeply connected with the story. especially in the various courtroom scenes where the author did a good job showing the two lawyers' subtle, but an intentional change in body language, mannerisms and tone. this is my first time listening/reading to a book that includes the premise of a podcast series, and i would definitely be looking out for more books in the future that centres around it, even better if they are also available as audiobooks! the narrator has a charismatic and charming voice perfect for a true-crime podcast. i'd read more megan goldin in the future for sure

would've been a 5 stars for me if there were more pages dedicated to character development and how rachel was feeling after each court session. there was a lot of telling us what she did, who she spoke to and why she had to, but i finished the book craving for more of her inner world. her reflections on being a true-crime podcaster. towards the end (someone) brought up the issues of the ethics of true-crime podcast - i'd have loved to learn more about what rachel thought about that

it's a 4.0 for me because i love Laurel too much. she feels so real that she might be a real person. 4 bright stars for laurel and laurel's world