THE DREAM WIFE

Kept me reading, thinking and remembering passages, trying to second guess who was who. As a person who has fabulous dreams, I attempted to make reality work. But, the thrills kept coming. Sad to come to an end. Recommend this read to anyone.

Wow! Well where do I start? This is probably going to be the most difficult book for me to review this year. I want to scream from the rooftops BUY THIS BOOK but I am going to struggle to tell you why! I could say, if you read and loved a certain book then you will love this…BUT I CAN’T TELL YOU WHICH BOOK as that would maybe be a spoiler. I want people to go into this book with an open mind, just as I did, as this book will shock the hell out of you just as it did me! Yes, I am one of those annoying people who nearly always gets the twists in books but I had no idea where The Dream Wife was going until it got there and slapped me in the face with the sort of twist most authors would kill for (and most readers for that matter!) And I bloody loved it for that!Beautifully written from a mother’s point of view, this book is shocking, involving and so completely gripping that I guarantee you won’t be able to put it down. A contender for my top 10 books of 2018 list and I know that I will now purchase Louisa De Lange’s next book without even reading the blurb.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY ME!

イケメンでリッチでCEOで社会的信用もある夫Davidから、家庭ではひどい扱いを受け、友人との付き合いやSNSなど外部とのつながりも一切禁止されている妻Annie。心の支えは幼いかわいい息子のJohnnyだけだった。Johnnyを取り上げるとDavidから脅されて離婚もままならず、息苦しい日々を送るAnnieは、いつしか、夢の中でJackという魅力的な男性と話すようになり、潜在意識の動かし方を教わったりするようになる。それからAnnieに変化がおきるようになり…。　ラストはあまりに思いがけなく、悲しさと孤独が心に残りました。じわじわくる怖さの心理小説でした。Louisa de Langeの他の作品も読みたいです。電子書籍化も切望です。

I thought this was a good story. It had me hooked from the start and couldn’t put it down. I found it intense and gripping. I did feel for Annie and didn’t think much of her husband David and his mother. Loved little Johnny. Did get a bit confused with it and the ending was certainly unexpected.

I couldn’t buy into the dream theme. But worse than that, I found the book very poorly written. Perhaps the problem is that I’ve been reading the Makana mysteries by Parker Bilal. Now he’s a writer. A real writer. I’m sorry, but Louisa de Lange isn’t.