book review: the liar's wife by samantha hayes
Gif creation by Book Trailer Services
In The Liar's Wife, Samantha Hayes manipulates POV, the past and the present, and chapter breaks in ways that keep readers turning the pages and refusing to skip any of them for fear of missing an important clue or detail.
Ella is the neighbor in the apartment complex that a person just might befriend except for an obvious something around her that doesn't invite socializing or friendship. Her secret is one that would probably genuinely control anyone's life in the same way that it does hers. Once you discover it, it's easy to understand how she ends up being the Liar's Wife. In books of this genre, I have an appreciation for characters who have to struggle physically and psychologically with the situation they're thrown into. It's easy to say what such characters should have done or what we might have done, but the author provides enough insight into Ella's make up that her behavior and thoughts and actions make it easy to feel her personal
entrapment and to struggle with her to overcome setbacks that are so realistically defeating.
I liked Liam, Ella's coworker and admirer. He is a man determined to follow his instincts regarding the woman he cares about. He possesses a quiet tenacity and a systematic approach, occasionally veering off course in such a way that readers might wish they could call him or somehow get a message to him that will help him get back on track.
Ella and Liam are two ordinary people forced into dangerous and extraordinary situations that they have to get themselves out of without heretofore "hidden" skills revealed at the 25th hour.
While parts of the resolution didn't work for me, The Liar's Wife is written in such a way that once you start reading it, you'll have no doubt that you've entered a psychological thriller you're compelled to finish.
Thanks, Bookouture, for an ARC of this book.
Ella is the neighbor in the apartment complex that a person just might befriend except for an obvious something around her that doesn't invite socializing or friendship. Her secret is one that would probably genuinely control anyone's life in the same way that it does hers. Once you discover it, it's easy to understand how she ends up being the Liar's Wife. In books of this genre, I have an appreciation for characters who have to struggle physically and psychologically with the situation they're thrown into. It's easy to say what such characters should have done or what we might have done, but the author provides enough insight into Ella's make up that her behavior and thoughts and actions make it easy to feel her personal
entrapment and to struggle with her to overcome setbacks that are so realistically defeating.
I liked Liam, Ella's coworker and admirer. He is a man determined to follow his instincts regarding the woman he cares about. He possesses a quiet tenacity and a systematic approach, occasionally veering off course in such a way that readers might wish they could call him or somehow get a message to him that will help him get back on track.
Ella and Liam are two ordinary people forced into dangerous and extraordinary situations that they have to get themselves out of without heretofore "hidden" skills revealed at the 25th hour.
While parts of the resolution didn't work for me, The Liar's Wife is written in such a way that once you start reading it, you'll have no doubt that you've entered a psychological thriller you're compelled to finish.
Thanks, Bookouture, for an ARC of this book.
Description:
When Ella wakes up in hospital following a hit and run incident, she is scared and confused. Close to tears, her eyes fall on a get-well-soon card on the window sill and the nurse reassures her that her loving husband will be back soon.
But Ella has never been married…
Absolutely love twisty and unputdownable psychological thrillers like Girl on the Train, The Wife Between Us and Gone Girl? Then you will be totally hooked by this jaw-dropping novel about the dangerous secrets behind a perfect marriage.
The Liar’s Wife is out now!
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2FV2K03
iBookstore: https://tinyurl.com/y8er9m3o
Kobo: https://tinyurl.com/y938sgjo
Googleplay: https://tinyurl.com/y9adv2fr
When Ella wakes up in hospital following a hit and run incident, she is scared and confused. Close to tears, her eyes fall on a get-well-soon card on the window sill and the nurse reassures her that her loving husband will be back soon.
But Ella has never been married…
Absolutely love twisty and unputdownable psychological thrillers like Girl on the Train, The Wife Between Us and Gone Girl? Then you will be totally hooked by this jaw-dropping novel about the dangerous secrets behind a perfect marriage.
The Liar’s Wife is out now!
Amazon: https://amzn.to/2FV2K03
iBookstore: https://tinyurl.com/y8er9m3o
Kobo: https://tinyurl.com/y938sgjo
Googleplay: https://tinyurl.com/y9adv2fr
Author Bio:
Samantha Hayes grew up in Warwickshire, left school at sixteen, avoided university and took jobs ranging from private detective to barmaid to fruit picker and factory worker. She lived on a kibbutz, and spent time living in Australia and the USA, before finally becoming a crime-writer.
Her writing career began when she won a short story competition in 2003. Her novels are family-based psychological thrillers, with the emphasis being on 'real life fiction'. She focuses on current issues and sets out to make her readers ask, 'What if this happened to me or my family?'
To find out more, visit her website www.samanthahayes.co.uk
Or connect with Samantha on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SamanthaHayesAuthor
And she's on Twitter @samhayes
Samantha Hayes grew up in Warwickshire, left school at sixteen, avoided university and took jobs ranging from private detective to barmaid to fruit picker and factory worker. She lived on a kibbutz, and spent time living in Australia and the USA, before finally becoming a crime-writer.
Her writing career began when she won a short story competition in 2003. Her novels are family-based psychological thrillers, with the emphasis being on 'real life fiction'. She focuses on current issues and sets out to make her readers ask, 'What if this happened to me or my family?'
To find out more, visit her website www.samanthahayes.co.uk
Or connect with Samantha on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SamanthaHayesAuthor
And she's on Twitter @samhayes
