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booktalkwithkarla's review
dark
emotional
informative
slow-paced
3.0
“It’s about the coverup. That’s what this story is about. Not the murder.”
“Some caught in the sticky threads, and probably others unknown, decided that their secrets were more important than the life of an Amish wife. And her little boy.”
“Eli married Ida to use her, not to live her.”
This is a book, in some ways a follow-up to another Gregg Olsen title, about the murder of Ida by her husband and the coverup that follows. Since the coverup is about husband Eli’s sexuality and relationships, much of the book centers on those details. This was unexpected to me and unpleasant. I like to read true crime for the psychological and legal aspects and this title dealt with that indirectly. Reading about Amish family was interesting, and confusing at times based on their names (many duplicated). The many secrets of the people involved in covering up the crime seem obvious based on Olsen’s research and yet remain unproven. Will there ever be justice for Ida? Olsen has done his best and for that I am grateful and overall glad I read The Amish Wife.
laphilia's review
5.0
very detailed
I love how he can go into detail and continue to investigate until he figures out what actually happens to someone he never gives up. that’s
what I love most about his books.
I love how he can go into detail and continue to investigate until he figures out what actually happens to someone he never gives up. that’s
what I love most about his books.
evawondergem's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Murder, Homophobia, and Sexual content
emadisonc's review
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
3.0
“It is like a circle. One thing people say leads to another, then it comes back again. It is like there is really no end. Nothing final.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Suicide, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, and Pedophilia
Moderate: Incest, Outing, Pregnancy, and Alcoholism
Minor: Animal death and Rape
joelaw's review
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
slow-paced
2.0
Horrid book. Writing was awful. You could seriously read the epilogue and have everything that you need. the book was basically a blow by below telling of him gathering information to try to figure out if Ida was murdered by her husband. It was the most boring drivel I have ever read. It had so many asides and tangents and tellings of other murders, just adding words for no reason. As if it wasn’t painful enough to read his investigative work, he had to add other nonsense to it. I would not recommend this book to my worst enemy.
hajfree14's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
3.5