Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Well, in the past week, I've managed to finish The Husband's Secret, as well as No Rest for the Dead (ed. by David Baldacci), and Queen of Hearts (Rhys Bowen). Since this blog is my around the world books, I'll discuss The Husband's Secret. I thought it was very good, although I had determined the secret fairly on in the book. Moriarty has a way of making the characters seem real, though; they are in no way perfect, they make colossal mistakes, and they don't always have happy endings. I enjoyed reading the book, and couldn't put it down at parts, but I thought the ending was predictable, and would have like to have seen a different twist. I read Big Little Lies before I read The Husband's Secret, and I actually like Big Little Lies better. It could just be that I read that one first; other friends I've talked to read The Husband's Secret first, and preferred that book. She is definitely an author I would read again, and I'm looking forward to her next book coming out.
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{SPOILER] I finally checked The Husband's Secret off my list and was, well, not surprised by the ending, but I was left with a wondering of why the third couple, Will and Tess needed to be included in the story at all. I surmised early in the story that there had to be more to Janie's death than an angry teenage boy. I choose to listen to the story rather than read it traditionally because I just had too much on my plate. I'm guilty of staying in my car longer than I should have on a few occasions because I wanted to know what happened next. I appreciate Moriarty's epilogue tying up a few loose ends. I'd recommend this book to others, but it's not my favorite read.
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I agree about the third storyline...it seemed too contrived, as if she needed to fill in pages of the book, so she created a third, kind of ridiculous storyline. And, if Will had been my husband, I would have kicked him to the curb!
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