My Husband: The Unsettling Domestic Suspense with an Unreliable Narrator, Keep Guessing Until the End
In this suspenseful and darkly funny debut novel of domestic suspense, a sophisticated French woman spends her life obsessing over her perfect husband—but can their marriage survive her passionate love?
A Belletrist Book Club Pick • An Amazon UK Best Book of the Year • Winner of France’s First Novel Prize • Named a Best Book of the Summer by Vogue • theSkimm • Oprah Daily • The Millions
At forty years old, she has an enviable life: a successful career, stunning looks, a beautiful house in the suburbs, two healthy children, and most importantly, an ideal husband, whose wealthy background allows her to transcend her own social class. After fifteen years together, she is still besotted with him. But she’s never quite sure that her passion is reciprocated.
Determined to keep their relationship perfect, she meticulously prepares for every encounter they have, fueling an obsessive love that drives her to watch him attentively, testing him to make sure that he still loves her just as much as he did when they first met.
Until one day she realizes she may have gone too far . . .
“Fans of Caroline Kepnes’ You or Gillian Flynn will find My Husband to be a new, satisfying, and unnerving take on the relationship-suspense genre.” —Booklist (starred review)
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I don't even know how to describe this book. I was highly annoyed by it but could not stop reading. I literally would respond to the narrator out loud sometimes with my reactions. It was like nothing I have ever read before. As a married woman who considers herself also a feminist, I just can't decide if I think the woman is crazy or if she's just more honest than most women.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 4 stars
My Husband is a psychological deep dive into the mind of a love obsessed forty year old woman with a, dare I say, unhealthy infatuation for her husband.
She's keeping score, taking notes, and overanalyzing her husband’s every word (spoken or unspoken), and action (taken or not taken).
Just when it seems the story has come to its conclusion, here comes an epilogue that'll leave you reeling like a sucker punch to the face.
I was surprised to read that this is the author's debut novel. It's short but stout and made for a compulsive read.
The translation from French to English feels seamless; superbly done.
Thanks to NetGalley, HarperVia (HarperCollins), and the author for this digital Advanced Reader Copy in exchange for an honest review.
My Husband is a psychological deep dive into the mind of a love obsessed forty year old woman with a, dare I say, unhealthy infatuation for her husband.
She's keeping score, taking notes, and overanalyzing her husband’s every word (spoken or unspoken), and action (taken or not taken).
Just when it seems the story has come to its conclusion, here comes an epilogue that'll leave you reeling like a sucker punch to the face.
I was surprised to read that this is the author's debut novel. It's short but stout and made for a compulsive read.
The translation from French to English feels seamless; superbly done.
Thanks to NetGalley, HarperVia (HarperCollins), and the author for this digital Advanced Reader Copy in exchange for an honest review.
I absolutely devoured this book. It was fantastic.
I, too, feel like I am obsessed with my husband and overthink everything. But reading it to this extent was insane.
I loved how intricate and detailed her delusions went.
The whole book I genuinely believed she just drove herself insane. I loved the last chapter, I couldn’t believe it.
My favorite read of January!
I, too, feel like I am obsessed with my husband and overthink everything. But reading it to this extent was insane.
I loved how intricate and detailed her delusions went.
The whole book I genuinely believed she just drove herself insane. I loved the last chapter, I couldn’t believe it.
My favorite read of January!
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