THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF BIG LITTLE LIES. One of the Best Books of the Year—Entertainment Weekly One of the Top Ten Books of the Year—People At the heart of The Husband’s Secret is a letter that’s not meant to be read… Cecilia,
If you’re reading this, then I’ve died…
Imagine your husband wrote you a letter, to be opened after his death. Imagine, too, that the letter contains his deepest, darkest secret—something with the potential to destroy not only the life you built together, but the lives of others as well. And then imagine that you stumble across that letter while your husband is still very much alive…
Cecilia Fitzpatrick has achieved it all—she’s an incredibly successful businesswoman, a pillar of her small community, and a devoted wife and mother. But that letter is about to change everything—and not just for her. There are other women who barely know Cecilia—or each other—but they, too, are about to feel the earth-shattering repercussions of her husband’s secret.
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I liked this book. There were some surprises. The author’s “after word” was interesting and very unexpected. I recommend.
3.5 stars
I wanted to love this in the way that I loved Big,little lies and The Hypnotist’s Love Story but I just didn’t. It started so slow and there were a decent amount of POVs to keep up with. I normally do not have a problem following multiple characters but when they all have the exact voice it gets annoying on confusing. For the first part of this all the characters melted into one blur and then we had a break fromeveryone else to meet Janie. Now Janie has a distinctive voice but that is not all that happens when we meet Janie, Liane does something a bit different in this novel. She starts to play a game of “What if” from time to time. Kind of like if so and so hd not done this then this would have happened. That made the book more interesting and kept me reading.
Now on to the husband’s secret… what would you do if you found a letter from your husband that read on the envelope “Only open after my death”.Would you open it sooner? I am not sure if I would. Not sure I would want to know. It feels much like reading someone’s private texts or e-mails. Wrong in some way. Of course who really knows what they would do. I do know that the big secret in the letter is more than likely exactly what you thought it would be…
I have to say I did not like Rachel even though I tried. Cecilia was hit or miss for me, sometimes I liked her and sometimes not. I did like Tess a lot after I got to know her. That being said I was not happy with the end because I hated the choices that every character made at the end. I would like to believe I would not choose the options these characters chose.
We read it for book club great characters
I liked it, but not as much as big little lies.
Gina A Jones has created this story with so many lies, so much deception and Jonas Fairbanks has woven it all together to hold on to the naive Julia Ellis. Julia clings to it all, making excuses for her doubt. She so wants the truth for herself and the innocent Sidney who is in the middle of this suspense filled mystery.
Will move on to the Secret Enemy to hopefully get answers.
Could not put it down. The title is catchy but the plot is absolutely amazing. A must read.
Great book!
I’ve enjoyed several of Lian Moriarty’s novels, but The Husband’s Secret requires too much dispersion of disbelief.
I enjoyed this so much more than I anticipated. I’d never read Moriarty before but I loved the show Big Little Lies, so I thought I’d give her a try. I like twisty shit. This somewhat fits the bill.
I can say that you really have an idea of “the secret” pretty early on. But what was unexpected for me was how I felt about the characters. The story revolves around three women. None of who you particularly like. That should make it a hard read (or listen, in my case) but it really wasn’t. And, surprisingly, what I found was that the character I empathized with the most…was the one who did the worst deed.
That is what pushed this story up to a four star read for me.
I couldn’t put it down
I liked this book about 4 women of different ages who are having problems with their relationships. It starts out with the story of each woman and then about half way through, the women’s lives start intersecting until the ending is a total surprise.
You cannot go wrong reading her books. Best use of irony since John Irving.
What a whirlwind of a story. It had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. This story is about three different women who have their own stories. But their stories enter-twine with each other. One woman finds a note from her husband that was supposed to be read after he passed away revealing a secret. Another woman is still trying to solve the death of her teenage daughter many years ago. And another woman is trying to deal with her husband who is in love with her best friend and also reconnecting with an ex-boyfriend. This story takes place in Australia. Being someone in the USA this was such a cool experience for me to see the similarities and differences in our cultures. I loved it. This was a great story about family. About finding your self worth. About standing up for your happiness. About deciding what’s right in life. Life is not always how it looks and we never really have it all figured it out. There is a major twist that will shock you. This story has a great mystery element. I loved every minute of it.
Love his book. Very unexpected i twists and turns. Not what you think i or where it will go.
Good story line. I enjoyed the twists. I’m becoming accustomed to her style of writing. Quick, captivating read.
I have enjoyed all of Lianne Moriarty’s book. Such great story telling!
Can you say “irony”?
There are twists you’ll see coming, but some that will allow you away.
The more I read, the more riveted I became.
The characters and some of the situations are more realistic than most fiction I’ve read.
Kudos to the author for an amazing read!
This was my first Liane Moriarty book. I enjoyed it! I didn’t see the twists, specifically the connections between the three main characters, coming. The characters were very realistic. The book had just the right amount of detail that made it very easy to picture all the events.
Lots of surprises. Great book.
Enjoyable. Good twists.