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The Wife

by Alafair Burke

Finished 2022-07-07

I enjoyed the book overall but I do think that the eventual revelation that the women were lying, while maybe necessary to keep the twists coming and reveal the _big twist (which was an interesting if not entirely unpredictable one), wasn’t really twisty itself and is obviously problematic. I spent a lot of the book wondering if the author would reveal their politics, and while I don’t think the twist is an endorsement, it builds up these women to a real extent, somewhat intelligently presents all the things people tell themselves so as not to believe the victim, while presenting them in a way that seems to indicate it’s not a great thing… and then says “yep that’s right they weren’t a victim” and that sucked
The Last Policeman

by Ben H. Winters

Finished 2022-06-30
The Night She Went Missing

by Kristen Bird

Finished 2022-06-26
Woman on the Edge of Time

by Marge Piercy

Finished 2022-06-23
The Seep

by Chana Porter

Finished 2022-06-17
Infinite

by Brian Freeman

Finished 2022-06-16
Fevered Star

by Rebecca Roanhorse

Finished 2022-06-09

I enjoyed it but it suffers a bit from “book two” syndrome, where a clear purpose and arc to the plot is lacking, as characters kind of just maneuver around the board after the last book and setting up the next.
The Violence

by Delilah S. Dawson

Finished 2022-05-30
Greenwich Park

by Katherine Faulkner

Finished 2022-05-18
The Downstairs Neighbor

by Helen Cooper

Finished 2022-05-14

I enjoyed it. As it wrapped up though, there was a bit too much going on. Too many red herrings or dark secrets. Even though that’s kind of what these books are about, it was just a little too much. Still fun though.
The Golden Couple

by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

Finished 2022-05-11
The Banneret

by Duncan M. Hamilton

Finished 2022-05-05
The Left Hand of Darkness

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Finished 2022-04-30
The Squire

by Duncan M. Hamilton

Finished 2022-04-27
The Employees

by Olga Ravn

Finished 2022-04-16

I don’t think I understood this book. I found it interesting, written in a way where the topic was kind of danced around rather than directly explained, but then it ended and I don’t know that I understood what was being danced around, for the most part.

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The Wife

The Last Policeman

The Night She Went Missing

Woman on the Edge of Time

The Seep

Infinite

Fevered Star

The Violence

Greenwich Park

The Downstairs Neighbor

The Golden Couple

The Banneret

The Left Hand of Darkness

The Squire

The Employees