The story just didn’t hit the mark for me. Downing succeeded in making me absolutely hate Millicent, I wanted to slap her or scratch her green eyes out – provoking that kind of reaction about character is an achievement. So good points? It was well written and moved quickly, I did like the pace of the book. When it came to the finale of the book it just – for me – felt a little too easy. I knew early on that she was gearing up to set him up and I didn’t get how he couldn’t see it he was so easily played by Millicent and did all her bidding. It was painfully obvious where this was going.
Rules, rules, rules and more rules – their home sounded like a prison, i don’t understand how he didn’t tell her at any point to chill out. Millicent was bloody awful, I don’t know how he or the kids put with her she had ALL the rules in place over what kind of food they ate, what they watched, screen time. I get that with a story like this, you aren’t meant to like the characters, mission accomplished. She’s an estate agent and he’s a tennis coach at an exclusive health club, though he cancels more lessons than he actually teaches. We first meet him while he’s pretending to be a deaf man named Tobias, he’s picked up a woman in a bar, he and his wife Millicent are looking for their next victim.Īnyway, this nameless dude describes meeting Millicent and their life together. The story is told through the eyes of the husband – I’ve just realised we’re never told his real name. So, looking to spice up their painfully boring lives (and my God they were dull) they decide to go straight to stalking, kidnap, torture and murder because why take up a hobby like surfing or walking when you can go straight to pyscho? They live in an exclusive gated community in Florida, they have two children, careers, a routine and are bored. Okay, so it’s billed as a psychological thriller about a husband and wife. I appreciate there will be people that do not agree with me on this one, but My Lovely Wife did not work for me, at all. I don’t like slating books, I love books, I love stories. The Walking Dead – I started to hate Rick, could tell you how each series would pan out and generally, how is it still being made?.Sons of Anarchy – boring, unlikable characters.The Fall – I’ve tried twice, it’s too slow I can’t get into it.As soon as I feel a TV programme is disappointing me, that’s it, it’s gone without a second thought… I need to know how it turns out and IF it gets any better – more often than not, it doesn’t.Yeah I know I can delete the damn book I don’t like doing that either. I tend to read on a kindle and the part percentage of an unfinished book on display will drive me insane.
I know that life is too short and all that, but I just can’t do it.
First things first, I know that by now I should be able to give up on books that I’m not enjoying.
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