Comments on: My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing | Review https://novelvisits.com/my-lovely-wife-by-samantha-downing-review/ Sat, 25 May 2019 09:53:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Matthew McKavitt https://novelvisits.com/my-lovely-wife-by-samantha-downing-review/#comment-21346 Sat, 25 May 2019 09:53:45 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=7260#comment-21346 In reply to Mike.

Of course not.

]]> By: Matthew McKavitt https://novelvisits.com/my-lovely-wife-by-samantha-downing-review/#comment-21345 Sat, 25 May 2019 09:52:11 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=7260#comment-21345 “The excitement of plotting, planning and getting away with murder adds a little spice to their love life.”

Only a “little”?!

Nothing, not even your great review could make me read past the first 50 pages. NOT because it was slow. Slow is okay. But the premise is as unjustified as it is horrifying (the book is not a comedy of errors), the prose mediocre, the characters as boring as their marriage.

How can this & similar books be getting rave reviews, I wonder? We must be unhealthily bored ourselves or really going out as a species, both of which I suspect to be true.

You want good fiction? Read FIRMIN.

]]> By: Madeline https://novelvisits.com/my-lovely-wife-by-samantha-downing-review/#comment-20553 Fri, 26 Apr 2019 17:56:21 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=7260#comment-20553 In reply to Susie.

Just finished (in less than 24 hours). What a well done thriller! I didn’t even mind the slower first half as characters were being developed … even if via an unreliable narrator. Loads of good set-ups too.

The book jacket says Downing is working on her second book. While I’ve generally been disappointed by thriller writers’ sophomore efforts, I’ll definitely have my eye on what she offers up next.

]]> By: Mike https://novelvisits.com/my-lovely-wife-by-samantha-downing-review/#comment-20059 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 17:51:54 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=7260#comment-20059 Is this murder justified?

]]> By: Amy @ Read a Latte https://novelvisits.com/my-lovely-wife-by-samantha-downing-review/#comment-19989 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 20:07:29 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=7260#comment-19989 I just picked this one up after hearing similarly good things about it! I’m so excited for a thriller that, at least up front, doesn’t seem to be super tropey and overdone!

]]> By: Susie https://novelvisits.com/my-lovely-wife-by-samantha-downing-review/#comment-19454 Sat, 23 Mar 2019 03:42:00 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=7260#comment-19454 In reply to Angela.

Crazy is a very good word for it. Hope you enjoy it!

]]> By: Susie https://novelvisits.com/my-lovely-wife-by-samantha-downing-review/#comment-19453 Sat, 23 Mar 2019 03:41:24 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=7260#comment-19453 In reply to Madeline.

I hope My Lovely Wife works for you Madeline. Let me know what you think.

]]> By: Susie https://novelvisits.com/my-lovely-wife-by-samantha-downing-review/#comment-19452 Sat, 23 Mar 2019 03:40:41 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=7260#comment-19452 In reply to RK.

Thanks, RK. It’s a fun book in a twisted sort of way.

]]> By: Susie https://novelvisits.com/my-lovely-wife-by-samantha-downing-review/#comment-19451 Sat, 23 Mar 2019 03:40:11 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=7260#comment-19451 In reply to renee.

I think you’ll really like My Lovely Wife, Renee. Glad you’re going to try it.

]]> By: Angela https://novelvisits.com/my-lovely-wife-by-samantha-downing-review/#comment-19449 Sat, 23 Mar 2019 03:13:34 +0000 https://novelvisits.com/?p=7260#comment-19449 This one just sounds so crazy, I have to read it! Great review!

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