Book Review – The Other Mrs. | Smitten For Fiction

Hey book lovers! I’m here with a book review for The Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica. I was approved for an advanced copy on Netgalley in return for an honest review. This is planned to be turned into a Netflix movie with Kubica as Executive Director.

About The Book 📚

Title: The Other Mrs.

Author: Mary Kubica

Publication Date: February 18, 2020

Publisher: Park Row

Genre: Mystery, Psychological Thriller

My Review

› After Will’s sister, Alice, kills herself he, his wife and their two sons move to Alice’s house in Maine to help take care of her daughter, Imogen. Will and his wife Sadie are going through a rough patch in their marriage because he had an affair when they were living in Chicago. Sadie thought the move to Maine would be an opportunity to hit the reset button.

“There’s something of about the house. Something that nags at me, makes me feel uneasy, though I don’t know what it is that makes me feel this way.”

› Imogen is a moody, withdrawn teenager. She isn’t dealing with her mother’s death and has no interest in developing a relationship with Sadie, Will or their sons. When their neighbour is murdered Sadie begins to suspect that Imogen may be to blame.

› The writing style has a lot of telling over showing. It’s preachy and often explains things that need no explaining. The first-person perspective from Sadie’s point of view is repetitive and annoying, however, I kind of liked Camille’s POV and LOVED Mouses’s POV. Mouse and Imogen are the most interesting characters.

› That ending came out of left field for me. What a shock! Honestly, I almost quit reading this book and it would have been a one-star book if not for the last quarter which bumped it up to a ★★ for me.

› Final Thoughts
• The Other Mrs. is an unpredictable mystery about deception, and family secrets, and mental illness. This may not have been a good fit for me, but I would recommend this to readers who like mysteries told from first-person with an unlikable/unreliable narrator.

Thank you to Netgalley and publisher for the complimentary copy in exchange for my honest review.