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Monday, 7 February 2022

Book Review - The Wife Between Us

Tajuk : The Wife Between Us
Penulis : Grer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
Penerbit : Macmillan


Actually, Novel ni novel lama circa 2015 adan sangat top masa tu.
Novel ni mengisahkan tentang cinta tiga segi antara Richard (bekas suami), Vanessa Thompson (bekas isteri)/Nellie dan Emma. Nellie, digambarkan sebagai seorang guru tadika dan enjoy dengan kerja dan kawan-kawan menjalinkan hubungan dengan Richard dan merancang untuk berkahwin. Tapi, from time to time Nellie rasa macam ada orang yang mengekori dia dan membuatkan Nellie bertukar character menjadi seorang yang sentiasa dalam ketakutan. Dan Nellie juga ada simpan rahsia tentang masa lalu yang menghantuinya. At first, dia rasa selamat dengan Richard yang sangat protective until she married and moved to a new home and stay with Richard. Unfortunately, things go downhill for Nellie after that. Vanessa Thompson pula ialah bekas isteri yang bergantung kepada alcohol untuk lari kesedihan dan Richard pula seorang lelaki muda yang kaya, punya segalanya dan meninggalkan Vanessa untuk seorang wanita muda dan juga bekas pekerjanya. Dan kemudian dalam part 3 nanti muncul watak Emma, pekerja Richard yang sebenarnya menyimpan dendam dengan Vanessa.

I was enjoyed read the book up until half way through when the narrator changed in the first half of the book. Rasa lost bila switching between characters and become confusing between which one is Nellie and Vanessa. Mind blow plot twist. Not only 1 but TWICE!
Buku ni macam main jigsaw puzzle and kena keep reading untuk cantumkan from pieces to another pieces. Lepas part two, the story become slow and boring and yet, I still couldn’t put it down... I think it drags too much during the 2nd part. Tapi after Part 3, I was eager to know the ending dan macam mana Vanessa nak approach seterusnya yakinkan the fiancĂ© to stop the wedding. Sejujurmya, I have to skipped some pages and still was able to keep track of what was going on. Dan siapa pula Emma dalam ending part 3 novel ni? Mind blowing plot twist rasa macam tengok series drama kat Netflix.

Most of all.. that ending,  I think I rolled my eyes.


“I recognized marriage didn’t guarantee a storybook ending, the happily ever after stretching past the final page, the words echoing into infinity. But wasn’t this most intimate relationship supposed to be a safe place, where another person knew your secrets and faults and loved you anyway?” – Vanessa, page 205.

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