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The Silent Wife

A.S.A. Harrison

3.32 · Rating details · 105,183 ratings · 9,973 reviews

A chilling psychological thriller portraying the disintegration of a relationship down to the deadliest point when murdering your husband suddenly makes perfect sense.

Todd Gilbert and Jodie Brett are in a bad place in their relationship. They've been together for twenty-eight years, and with no children to worry about there has been little to disrupt their affluent Chicag ...more

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May 04, 2013 Delee rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: betrayal, canadian, adultery, reviewed, men-are-scum, ebooks, psychological-thriller

4.5

Newest pet peeve: When the marketing department in a publishing house decides it would be a great idea to promote just about any new psychological thriller as "The NEW Gone Girl" to sell the hell out of it. This seems unfair to me. If a person loved Gone Girl-they could be disappointed, and if they hated Gone Girl-they might not give it a chance.

I loved Gone Girl! I loved THE SILENT WIFE! THE SILENT WIFE is NOT Gone Girl. Yes, there are a few similarities. A toxic marriage, husband and wife n 4.5

Newest pet peeve: When the marketing department in a publishing house decides it would be a great idea to promote just about any new psychological thriller as "The NEW Gone Girl" to sell the hell out of it. This seems unfair to me. If a person loved Gone Girl-they could be disappointed, and if they hated Gone Girl-they might not give it a chance.

I loved Gone Girl! I loved THE SILENT WIFE! THE SILENT WIFE is NOT Gone Girl. Yes, there are a few similarities. A toxic marriage, husband and wife narrators, and unlikable (for most readers) main characters, but to me this is where the similarities end.

Setting:
Chicago in Autumn.

The Players:
"Him" Todd (the husband) -A despicable man in his mid-40s, a perpetual cheater who has zero self-awareness, and uses his childhood traumas as an excuse to do whatever he pleases no matter who it hurts. (the typical 40 year old man really).....kidding.
"Her" Jodi (the wife) -A non-confrontational part-time psychologist, part-time Martha Stewart-esque housewife-who because of childhood trauma, has learned to bury anything unpleasant so deep that it is like it never happened.

The Plot:
After 20 years in a "common law marriage" Todd knocks up his best friends daughter and decides to leave Jodi completely penniless. Jodi decides Todd should die.

As usual I read quite a few reviews before writing mine, and as usual I am going to disagree with a lot of them. Cause that's how I roooollllll......or maybe it is because I have no idea what I am talking about. I just don't get why some reviewers have to like the people they are reading about, to like a book. Did you like Betty Jane Hudson or Blanche in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? How about Reality T.V's Richard Hatch on Survivor, some of you I am sure watched..and loved to hate. So what is so different about fiction novels? I adore books with flawed characters! I loved to hate Todd in THE SILENT WIFE. I loved every shake of my head when I read his thoughts, and every time I caught myself rolling my eyes at his stupidity. He was real. I hated that he was real, but sadly enough I have met more men like him than I care to mention, and I loved Jodi! I sympathized with Jodi. It was completely believable to me that she would turn out to be exactly as she is because of her past and regardless of her profession (I am the daughter of a psychiatrist-and believe me speaking from experience, they don't say psychiatrists have the craziest families for no reason.)

This is a wonderful debut fiction novel from Susan Harrison, and I was very sad to read- in an article about her death in April/2013- that it will also be her last.
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Jun 09, 2013 Charleen rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: 2-stars, year-2013, netgalley

Sorry, but this is not a chilling psychological thriller. It's a literary exploration of what happens when people get comfortable and let life just happen to them. Parts of it were actually quite good. But sticking the phrase "a few short months are all it will take to make a killer out of her" on the first page doesn't make a book a thriller, not when there's nothing else sustaining the suspense through the majority of the book. It's not bad, but it's definitely been mis-marketed. Plenty of psy ...more

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Jun 13, 2013 karen rated it liked it

Shelves: netgalley

this book has been compared to gone girl, but that is a somewhat flawed n' lazy comparison. however, if your response to that book was any of the following:

Had a difficult time getting through this book-didn't really care for the characters

I hate the general misanthropy that infests most of modern fiction.

I prefer a book with at least one sympathetic character... and I couldn't stand any of these people.

unlikable people doing unlikable things

There wasn't a character you could even try to like!! ...more

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Jun 22, 2013 Kelly (and the Book Boar) rated it it was ok

Shelves: read-in-2013

Jodi and Todd take turns telling the story of the final months of their crumbling marriage.

Reasons for the low rating: (1) It was NOT a psychological thriller. A thriller would mean something “thrilling” happens during the book, right? (2) Stop comparing books to Gone Girl. As always, apples and orangutans.

The book wasn’t completely horrible – I was able to get through it pretty quickly. However, it had some real lulls in the action with page upon page spent describing the most mundane activit ...more

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Aug 19, 2013 Elyse Walters rated it really liked it

Update: This is a $1.99 Kindle special today --a great psychological mystery thriller --right to the very end of the book. If you have missed this one -- its GOOD!!!

I read this book yesterday ---
I thought it was a 'wonderful-creepy' -(even had me laughing) -mystery!

I tried to imagine my husband coming home night after night for 20 years --
KNOWING the guy was 'having-his-fun' from time to time on the side --
and never talking about it --
living with it --
Cooking him fabulous dinners...
He walks in t ...more

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Aug 08, 2013 La-Lionne rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: own, just-blah, bad-girl, skipped-a-lot, frustrating, triller-suspense-mystery

***2 stars***

Out of respect for the author, who's no longer with us, I'll try to refrain myself from ranting like I usually do when I don't enjoy the book, and give only my honest opinion.

I saw this book mentioned in the article, when I was looking for a thriller to read. I was in the mood for something dark and twisted and stumbled upon couple of articles where this book was described as the "next big thing" and "this summers Gone Girl". But the thing that got me was this:

“With a spare, elegant ...more

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Nov 02, 2013 Trudi rated it really liked it

Shelves: crime-mystery, twss, modern-lit, sherwood-picks, noir-is-the-new-black, 2014, oh-canada, favorites

4.5

Wow. This book -- flipping fantastic. But your enjoyment of it is probably going to hinge on the expectations you're carrying going in. Despite some superficial similarities -- The Silent Wife IS NOT Gone Girl. So if you loved Gone Girl and come seeking the same kind of tawdry, illicit, messed up thrills and shocking plot twists here you're probably going to be disappointed.

The Silent Wife is silent, as in very subtle. It's a train wreck that happens at 15 miles per hour as opposed to 120. B ...more

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Jan 02, 2014 Carmen rated it really liked it

Recommends it for: Fans of psychological thrillers

Shelves: fiction, traditionally-published, she-says

This book contains one of the biggest dirtbags I've ever encountered in fiction. His name is Todd.

Here are some examples of what dirtbag activities he enjoys:
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Sep 07, 2014 Jennifer Masterson rated it really liked it

This was a good psychological thriller but it might not be for everyone.

"The Silent Wife" has already been reviewed to death so I will just say ONLY read this book if you can tolerate unlikeable characters! Todd and Jodi are horrible. It is mainly told in third person. For me this was a good thing. If it was first person I don't think I would have liked this book at all.

If you can tolerate horrible characters definitely read it. It's a descent story that twists and turns and has an ending that ...more

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Aug 08, 2013 Alex rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Recommended to Alex by: La-Lionne

Shelves: suspense-thriller-mind-fuck, reviewed, favorites, contemporary

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Jul 26, 2013 Carol rated it really liked it

Recommended to Carol by: Delee and Gail

This is a disturbing book. Some might take pure delight in this.
The Silent Wife is a disturbing book. There is also something if not quite delightful, alluring in its unpleasantness. Disturbing as you can’t quite like anyone except, the dog, Freud, aptly named; or anything that transpires in this dark tale of a marriage or a non-marriage really. And yet I certainly found The Silent Wife compelling, reading on, wanting to see where this train wreck of a story would go. The Silent Wife is thought ...more

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Jul 08, 2013 Claudia Putnam rated it it was ok

Shelves: thriller

I started out sorry I'd bought this book. I was looking for something that would be a break from the heavy stuff I'm otherwise reading and that would also be a cut above the usual escape fare (why is that so hard??).

The first couple of paragraphs were really tough. So recursive. There's a view of a vista, a delineation of a line, an arc that encircles, etc. I thought, well, the writer seems smart. Maybe this is deliberate and is meant to represent the character in some way, and indeed it does s I started out sorry I'd bought this book. I was looking for something that would be a break from the heavy stuff I'm otherwise reading and that would also be a cut above the usual escape fare (why is that so hard??).

The first couple of paragraphs were really tough. So recursive. There's a view of a vista, a delineation of a line, an arc that encircles, etc. I thought, well, the writer seems smart. Maybe this is deliberate and is meant to represent the character in some way, and indeed it does seem this is a reasonable interpretation of Jodi.

However, this type of writing, except in a couple of places, does not really keep up. I can't decide if this is a good decision. If it had kept up, it probably would have become annoying. But because it doesn't keep up, you can't tell if the moments when the style appears are just sloppiness/overwriting.

Anyhow, it was pretty hard to like either character, as other reviewers have commented. That's okay. Raskolnikov is not a likable character either. But Raskolnikov is an INTERESTING character. He's vibrant. He's smart. He's torn. He's deluded. He's intellectual and driven by demons.

Jodi doesn't THINK much. She too is deluded, but her delusions aren't interesting--she's driven by delusions of normalcy. One thing that's very odd--she thinks she's protected herself from her mother's life by refusing to marry and have children. Of course, this leaves her vulnerable. It's odd that she doesn't see, in our times, and as nearly every other woman would, that financial independence would generally be the path to leaving your options open. This doesn't cross her mind even after Todd does what Todd does.

As the book went on, Jodi's character opened up a bit, but there were still a lot of loose threads, and she wound up not really having to face up to anything. Nor did Todd. The end.

So. Meh.

Oh, and one other thing. V. minor, but persistently annoying and an editor should have caught it. This is a book set in Chicago, with American characters. Americans don't go "to university." They are not "at university." This is a Britishism and I guess maybe a Canadianism. If you are setting something in an American world, you say, When she was IN COLLEGE, even if it was technically a university. Or, When she was attending the university (less commonly). You could also say, We went to school together, or, We were in school together. ...more

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Apr 20, 2015 Mandy rated it liked it

I'm so sad with the outcome of this book. The ending wasn't a surprise as many I know have said, yes it was out of left field, but not completely. I really wanted to love this book, but I didn't. I hated Todd, the husband was selfish and a complete and utter idiot. Jodi, the wife was so affected by her surroundings and her daily routine that she didn't see what was happening before her with her marriage. The whole time I read this I kept thinking, "the grass is only greener on the other side bec ...more

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Oct 30, 2014 F rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: usa, 2014

I only read this because my reception at work brought it in for me so i felt i had to. Normally i dont think i would pick up a book with that title or cover (yes i do judge them).

I hated both Jodi and Todd. It annoyed me that I didnt like either of them yet i couldnt stop reading the book. I found it really addictive and i dont know why.
I liked the story and how it ended. It was intense at times.

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Aug 04, 2013 Jan Pelosi rated it it was amazing

OK, when I can't put a book down, I simply must give it 5 stars. It's not a long book, so it was a 2 day read for me. I found this book completely fascinating. I loved the alternating voices between him (Todd) and her (Jodi).

Yes, Todd is a despicable character (as many men and their behaviors are); he's a serial cheater; a slime ball; but even he realized--just a wee bit I believe--that it finally caught up with him. Jodi was a strong woman who for reasons that we learn much later in the book be ...more

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Nov 17, 2016 Bren rated it it was amazing

Shelves: domestic-thriller, family-drama, mystery, character-study, multiple-reads-reread-at-least-once, great-for-book-clubs, favorites, better-or-worse-than-expected, crime, illinois

“In asserting that people don't change, what she means is that they don't change for the better. Whereas changing for the worse, that goes without saying.”
― A.S.A. Harrison, The Silent Wife

Of all the "compared to Gone Girl" books out there, I think this is the closest one to that although they really are two different books.

The Silent Wife is yet another book I reread recently. I am as impressed now as I was years ago when I read it. It's a great character study.

There is Jodie. And there is Tod ...more

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Jun 21, 2013 Amanda Byrne rated it did not like it

Shelves: review-books, unfinished-books

This book has to be the most disappointing book I've read so far this year. Had I picked it up in a bookstore and flipped to the first page, it's highly unlikely I would have bought it. I was expecting a completely different story than the one I felt was described in the blurb.

From the very beginning we know Jodi will kill Todd. This, in and of itself, kills some of the suspense. I'm guessing what the author was counting on to keep the reader turning pages were the events leading up to his murde This book has to be the most disappointing book I've read so far this year. Had I picked it up in a bookstore and flipped to the first page, it's highly unlikely I would have bought it. I was expecting a completely different story than the one I felt was described in the blurb.

From the very beginning we know Jodi will kill Todd. This, in and of itself, kills some of the suspense. I'm guessing what the author was counting on to keep the reader turning pages were the events leading up to his murder, but since I never got there, I can't say for certain.

What I can say is the comparison to Gone Girl is a terrible one. Gone Girl was sick, twisted, and kept you guessing, and I raced from page to page, wondering what Nick was going to discover next. The Silent Wife does not. Jodi was uninteresting and flat; the narrative would be to blame for this. At times it fell into a sort of omniscient point of view, telling us what was going on without letting us feel it along with the characters. This choice by the author made it difficult to connect with Jodi. I never succeeded.

Todd was only marginally better. His waffling between Jodi and his lover, Natasha, made him interesting for a few pages. But again, the narrative tells us things rather than shows them to us, and ultimately his inability to make a solid, decisive choice was grating.

And Natasha...Natasha was a stereotypical young, oversexed, demanding mistress. There wasn't anything original about her to make her sympathetic. I wanted to stab her every time she was on the page, and then stab Todd for choosing such a vapid lover. In that respect, I guess Harrison managed to get a reaction, because I could not stand Natasha.

I had hope, about a quarter of the way through, that things might get interesting. Jodi's discovery of the contents of Todd's khakis when she takes them to the cleaners is what kept me reading a while longer; when it didn't come to fruition, I kept reading because I hate giving up on a book. Ultimately, though, when I spend my time with a book glancing at how much I have left to read, it's time to give up.

Copy provided by the publisher. ...more

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Sep 27, 2013 Melissa Herron rated it liked it

Shelves: mystery

Meh. This book was ok. It was intriguing enough to keep me reading and invested in the characters, but I felt like I spent the entire book waiting for something big, shocking, game changing to happen. The pace really didn't pick up until the last quarter.

The rest of this review is going to be full of spoilers - so don't read if you haven't read the book. Sorry. I'm not sure how to remove from my phone.

You have been warned.

Things I disliked about this book...

Maybe I missed something. But what ...more

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Apr 30, 2013 Debra rated it really liked it

Shelves: first-reads-won

**Received from Goodreads first reads giveaway.

This was a great psychological book. It is the story of a 20 year common law marriage (and both parties) falling apart. We witness the disintegration of their relationship through both Jodi and Todd's point of view. We see how they rationalize, excuse, cope and justify their behavior. Todd is a habitual cheater and Jodi is aware but never confronts him on it but always lets him know that she will be there for him waiting with elegant meals and pleas ...more

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Jan 24, 2014 Paul rated it it was amazing

Shelves: crime-thrillers

Silent but deadly

The Silent Wife by A.S.A. Harrison was her debut novel and unfortunately her last as she died in 2013 in which she has left an incredible psychological thriller. This is no ordinary thriller either where we see the perpetrator and the detectives for them. This is far darker, far deeper inside the mind and is so engrossing it is tempting to rush through the book. I do not know how Harrison has done it but she has reached inside the mind to those dark deep well hidden depths we al ...more

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May 21, 2015 ☮Karen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio, overdrive, read-in-2015, chgo-and-or-illinois

I love books set in Chicago, one of my favorite cities. The Silent Wife and her common-law husband Todd live on Chicago's beautiful lakefront in an expensive condo. Todd is a wealthy business owner, who likes to stray like the tomcat he is, while Jodi quietly accepts, denies, and ignores his behavior. From page 1 we know she ends up killing his cheating ass, but we don't know how or when. There is not much action or dialogue, just a very suspenseful and methodical revealing of their individual p ...more

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Jul 29, 2013 Jaidee rated it liked it

Shelves: three-ana-half-stars-books

3.5 stars !

This was a taut psychological thriller that was well-researched and with a slow unfolding of the dynamics of two very narcissistic individuals....the wife (a psychotherapist with obsessive tendencies) and the husband (immature businessman) and the slow death of their marriage that was fragile and empty to begin with.

Both characters were quite unlikable but they were infused with a complexity that compelled you to read forward and see what would happen next. I also liked the Adlerian a ...more

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Feb 07, 2014 ♡ Kim ♡ rated it really liked it

Shelves: i-own

The beginning of the book had my emotions roaring. At one point my boyfriend threatened to throw the book out the window because even though he is nothing like Todd, I was so upset with Todd that I unleashed on the boyfriend about how stupid guys can be by taking a good thing for granted. Then I started to focus on Jodi’s behavior, and how she basically allowed this to happen. Needless to say, the relationship was screwed up, but it somehow worked out for them. I loved this book until the end, b ...more

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Nov 27, 2017 Kala rated it did not like it

Shelves: boring

I don't mind a book that's a slow burn. The Girls by Emma Cline was one of my favorites because I found the characters fascinating. But The Silent Wife just wasn't interesting enough to keep ME interested. Jodi was so bland and naive! It was hard for me to feel sorry for her. Neither she nor Todd had any sort of personality or chemistry. I'm fine with the blurb giving away the ending, I just wanted to go along for the ride to see how it came to that ending. But the ride was slow and a major disa ...more

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Aug 02, 2019 Gary rated it liked it

Sadly this book did not reach the level of expectation I had for this novel. A decent read but not the exceptional one I had hoped.
Psychotherapist Jodi Brett is happy with her life, cooking for her husband, Todd Gilbert, working hours that suit her and walking the dog. She lives a fairly serene life while her husband Todd works as a professional renovator and has affairs. Jodi turns a blind eye to his extra marital relationships but all changes when he tells her he is leaving. Her life is turned ...more

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Dec 03, 2013 Rose rated it really liked it

Shelves: better-than-i-expected, contemporary, drama, suspense, mystery, realistic-fiction, audiobooks, crime, multi-povs

Quick review for not such a quick read, but still a captivating one. I'll admit I picked up A.S.A. Harrison's "The Silent Wife" because it was rec'd to me by my library for follow-up reads to Gillian Flynn's "Gone Girl". I'm not going to evoke any other comparisons to the latter work other than that mention, because this book is a whole different ballgame, but I can see why the comparison comes about.

"The Silent Wife" is one of those books that is definitely hit and miss. The characters are flaw Quick review for not such a quick read, but still a captivating one. I'll admit I picked up A.S.A. Harrison's "The Silent Wife" because it was rec'd to me by my library for follow-up reads to Gillian Flynn's "Gone Girl". I'm not going to evoke any other comparisons to the latter work other than that mention, because this book is a whole different ballgame, but I can see why the comparison comes about.

"The Silent Wife" is one of those books that is definitely hit and miss. The characters are flawed and unlikable, the style of the prose is literary and has this slow unfurling, which is unlike the purported "thriller" that it's advertised as. I will definitely say that it's a solid mystery and supsenseful, but I wouldn't consider it a pulse-pounding thriller because it's about as quiet in its methodical unveiling as its title. "The Silent Wife" is symbolic, because in the silence of the woman who is the title's namesake, there's a whole lot of baggage to be had, secrets under the surface, and assumptions that you think would be teetering on the precipice of being unveiled, but not quite there. It's this game of whether or not you think the rug will be pulled out from under you, and it may or may not depending on the circumstance.

It was difficult for me to get into, what with the trading between two perspectives - man and woman - in a third person narrative where the two are in a slowly deteriorating marriage, and both are in a state of denial about such a state as well as their own shortcomings. Jodi knows her husband is a serial cheater, but chooses to live in denial about it, and there's this slow festering of dissent and anger that bubbles up inside her waiting to burst. Then comes the moment where it's one too many misgivings, and all hell breaks loose. Todd is a serial cheater who also lives in denial - on one hand he's unwilling to leave Jodi after their partnership of 20 years, but you could argue that he's seeking to use her and then lose her the first chance he gets. When a bombshell about one of his "flings" comes to light, then things are solidified towards the demise of his union with a Jodi.

This book is deliciously dark and well-plotted, which is one of the reasons why I followed it and found it well despite its problematic backdrops. Granted, I didn't like any of the characters. Todd is a jerk and his opinion and attention changes at the drop of a hat when it comes to serving his own interests and thinking self-indulgently. He thinks with his netherregions and revelations about his character reveal even more about his selfishness than anything else. Jodi isn't much better, because in her silence and denial - despite her being a mental health professional, she's cold and calculating and she's on pins and needles as far as her mental state deterioration is concerned. But in a way, I understood the way Jodi thought and felt based on how the narrative presented her perspective and rationale to me. Granted, it made me want to rage, but I could follow her perspective through the story and it kept me on edge the entire time. Will she, or won't she? Did she, or did she not? I guessed what the ending was a little while before it came (there is a twist here), but it still surprised me all the same - for coincidence and for how the end came about by context. I did wish that the narrative pacing was more even for the reveal and building up to that point, but I understood what the author was trying to do in that steady build toward Jodi's and Todd's respective fates (notice I'm trying to tap dance around events because I don't want to spoil it).

In the end, it's a read that was worth the journey and I appreciated it - for plotting, for the development, and for the respective reveal leaving my head turning even after the last few minutes of the audio. The audiobook was decent, though I think the narration from the female perspective (read by Karen White) was a little on the monotonous side. I think that was intentional based on the kind of character that Jodi was, but in the beginning of the narrative, I felt the weight of it was a bit odd for matching (it improved as certain events came to pass and I learned a bit more about the character). Todd's narrator (Donald Corren) was pitch perfect throughout. I'd recommend trying this one, though I'm aware that there may be many who will either love it or hate it for the character actions and its slow, steady build, but the calculating weight and dark tone of this story did impress me, as well as its subsequent development and reveal.

Overall score: 4/5 stars ...more

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Apr 08, 2013 Laura rated it did not like it

Shelves: mt-bookpile-2013, old-reads

I really shouldn't read blurbs, because they raise expectations too high. Calling this akin to Gone Girl makes some sense: we have dual points-of-view, we have a husband and wife in a "meh" marriage with problems, and there's a murder (the wife, Jodi, actually says that she never thought she'd be a killer somewhere in the early stages of the book). Are the narrators unreliable? No idea. I read 30% (per my Kindle's reckoning) and gave up.

Where this differed from Gone Girl for me was that I didn't ...more

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Jun 06, 2019 Barbara rated it liked it · review of another edition

Jodi Bret and Todd Gilbert - who have been together for twenty years - live in a posh Chicago condominium and enjoy the good things in life: a lovely home; expensive cars; fine dining; evening walks along the lake; etc.

Jodi is a trained psychotherapist and maintains an office in the condo. She sees a couple of patients a day, and spends the rest of her time working out, reading, walking the couple's dog Freud, seeing friends, shopping, cooking gourmet meals, etc.

Todd is a successful developer ...more

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Aug 09, 2013 Roxane rated it it was ok

Meh. First of all, the comparisons to Gone Girl are... weird. The books have only the slightest similarity. There is simply not as much at stake here as the book implies. There is one really interesting thing, that Jodi and Todd aren't actually married, and I would have liked to see more done with that. Todd was far more fleshed out than Jodi. The underlying pathology revealed toward the end to "explain" Jodi and her outlook is just handled so shallowly and is a bit clichéd. This is a fast, enjo ...more

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Aug 09, 2013 Catherine McKenzie rated it really liked it

A tightly wound psychological drama that I read in one sitting. Recommend.

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A. S. A (Susan) Harrison’s previous books include Orgasms (Coach House Press, 1974), Revelations, with Margaret Dragu (Nightwood Editions, 1987), and Zodicat Speaks (Viking Penguin, 1996). The Silent Wife is her debut novel and she was at work on a new psychological thriller when she died in 2013, aged 65. Harrison was married to the visual artist John Massey and lived in Toronto.

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“Life has a way of taking its toll on the person you thought you were.” — 92 likes

“She didn't know then that life has a way of backing you into a corner. You make your choices when you're far too young to understand their implications, and with each choice you make the field of possibility narrows. You choose a career and other careers are lost to you. You choose a mate and commit to loving no other.” — 58 likes

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