Reviews

The Lost Wife by Susanna Moore

racheybee77's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

victoriathuyvi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

2.75

ja3m3's review

informative fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No

4.0

murrreads's review

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

rgtala's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

aubsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

sarahja's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

After reading reviews I wasn’t sure I’d like this book. It seems a bit marmite.But it turned out I enjoyed it and  I really devoured it. The writing style is similar to reading a kind of journal. Like the main character had been writing and recording everything that happened to her. Based on real characters and living through an awful period of history that I’m not wholly familiar with, I found it informative and sent me down lots of wormholes, reading further. It was hard sometimes to read, for many reasons, including the life of women and the power they lacked to make decisions for themselves and the treatment of the indigenous peoples. But I’d recommend if anyone is looking for historical fiction that is based on real happenings and people that doesn’t shy away from the truth and makes you think. 

mrsrobinsonreads's review

emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

cheraford's review

Too much of a slog. Had to put it dosn

asunnybooknook's review

4.0

Historical fiction about the gilded age and western settler colonialism and the civil war??? Yeah I’m gonna eat it up