Wife Upstairs

The biggest weakness of this book was that was pitched as a Jane Eyre retelling. With the exception of some names - and the wife locked in the attic - it didn't really have that much in common, the boat aspect had me thinking of rebecca. I enjoyed the book a lot more once I stopped thinking of it that way and read it as your standard domestic thriller. As one of those, it's very good. Suitably twisty, complex and messed up characters haunted by t...read more

Really good read. Kept me guessing the entire time.

Oh my gosh. Every single character in this book needs therapy...... Right away, Jane is basically a predator looking for a rich man to give her this new life. And in the one section of the book that is dedicated to Eddie and his perspective, he himself basically declares he IS a predator. Besides that... I know that it can happen, but one of the reasons why I don't read much romance ANYTHING is because of the whole "whirlwind romance" thing a...read more

The Wife Upstairs offers a fresh and feminist ride of a country-fried gothic. Dog-walker Jane may find security with the widower Rochester, but she soon realizes she may be in for more than she bargained for. Get ready for secrets, shocks and surprises: this one is a page-turner. What I loved so much about this book is that it kept me on the edge of my seat wanting to see what would happen next. Compulsively readable... and that ending, just w...read more

It held my attention, and was fine. Not the best but a decent read.