My Lovely Wife
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
INSTANT #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
USA Today bestseller
Edgar + ITW Thriller Award nominee for Best First Novel
“Think: Dexter but sexier.”—theSkimm
“A dark and irresistible debut.”—People
“Will shock even the savviest suspense readers.”—Real Simple
Dexter meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith in this wildly compulsive debut thriller about a couple whose fifteen-year marriage has finally gotten too interesting...
Our love story is simple. I met a gorgeous woman. We fell in love. We had kids. We moved to the suburbs. We told each other our biggest dreams, and our darkest secrets. And then we got bored.
We look like a normal couple. We're your neighbors, the parents of your kid's friend, the acquaintances you keep meaning to get dinner with.
We all have our secrets to keeping a marriage alive.
Ours just happens to be getting away with murder.
INSTANT #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
USA Today bestseller
Edgar + ITW Thriller Award nominee for Best First Novel
“Think: Dexter but sexier.”—theSkimm
“A dark and irresistible debut.”—People
“Will shock even the savviest suspense readers.”—Real Simple
Dexter meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith in this wildly compulsive debut thriller about a couple whose fifteen-year marriage has finally gotten too interesting...
Our love story is simple. I met a gorgeous woman. We fell in love. We had kids. We moved to the suburbs. We told each other our biggest dreams, and our darkest secrets. And then we got bored.
We look like a normal couple. We're your neighbors, the parents of your kid's friend, the acquaintances you keep meaning to get dinner with.
We all have our secrets to keeping a marriage alive.
Ours just happens to be getting away with murder.
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Readers say *My Lovely Wife* by Samantha Downing is a dark psychological thriller praised for its suspenseful, twist-filled plot, clever character stu...
3.5/5 ⭐️
I don’t know if it’s because I’ve been in a reading slump, I read too many thrillers, or the ending was just that predictable... or maybe a combo of all three. I just wasn’t as impressed with this book as everyone else seemed to be.
Don’t get me wrong, I was intrigued... I guess I was just expecting something more fast paced?
I also think my lower rating could be because I had such high hopes for this book... it wasn’t just the hype, but also the premise. A book with a Dexter feel and a seemingly perfect couple who kills to spice up their marriage? That seems like such an amazing concept.
Now on to the spoilers.
Going back to what I said about expecting this book to be more fast paced... I was also thinking they had killed more than three people by the start of the book. That barely classified them as serial killers. I guess in my mind, I was thinking that they were on some kind of rampage and were incredibly smart about getting away with the kills... but instead, they barely knew anything about forensics... which doesn’t make sense to me. The MC (did we ever learn his real name btw?) would put so much research into stalking the women online... but didn’t read about how to pull off a successful murder?
I know it mentioned that Millicent had read about it... but clearly not well enough. Her mistake at the end could’ve easily been avoided had she watched CSI or another cop show. Idk.
I also think I was expecting the POV to be by the psychopath/Dexter like character.
I’m always fascinated by their mindset and so I was a tad disappointed that he showed regret and empathy. (I know, I know, that sounds fucked up for me to say)
It’s just that his want to kill seems so out of the blue and random. It just didn’t make sense to me.
I don’t know if it’s because I’ve been in a reading slump, I read too many thrillers, or the ending was just that predictable... or maybe a combo of all three. I just wasn’t as impressed with this book as everyone else seemed to be.
Don’t get me wrong, I was intrigued... I guess I was just expecting something more fast paced?
I also think my lower rating could be because I had such high hopes for this book... it wasn’t just the hype, but also the premise. A book with a Dexter feel and a seemingly perfect couple who kills to spice up their marriage? That seems like such an amazing concept.
Now on to the spoilers.
Going back to what I said about expecting this book to be more fast paced... I was also thinking they had killed more than three people by the start of the book. That barely classified them as serial killers. I guess in my mind, I was thinking that they were on some kind of rampage and were incredibly smart about getting away with the kills... but instead, they barely knew anything about forensics... which doesn’t make sense to me. The MC (did we ever learn his real name btw?) would put so much research into stalking the women online... but didn’t read about how to pull off a successful murder?
I know it mentioned that Millicent had read about it... but clearly not well enough. Her mistake at the end could’ve easily been avoided had she watched CSI or another cop show. Idk.
I also think I was expecting the POV to be by the psychopath/Dexter like character.
I’m always fascinated by their mindset and so I was a tad disappointed that he showed regret and empathy. (I know, I know, that sounds fucked up for me to say)
It’s just that his want to kill seems so out of the blue and random. It just didn’t make sense to me.
I read “too old for this” and was looking forward to another book of Samantha. Downing. This book was disappointing from the first few pages. I kept waiting for excitement, never happened. Unlikable characters, ridiculous plot.
This is a real page turner, I like that the chapters aren’t ridiculously long which does help to keep turning the pages ‘just one more quick one!’. The story was dark and captivating and the end ramps up to the point you have no idea how it’s going to resolve itself. A couple of moments where you go ‘ah yes’ and my husband even laughed at me as I made an audible noise at one point! Would recommend
Loved it! I was hooked from the very beginning. I would have given this book 4.5 stars instead of 4 (why is that not an option on this app??) - one small reason I didn’t give it 5 stars: I had figured out one of the plot twists pretty early on (though the other twists and turns had me intrigued until the end).
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