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Violence
Some
Moderate violence — the novel's direction is telegraphed; some threat
Language
Some
Moderate profanity
Sexual Content
Some
Moderate — the affair; adult relationship content
Substance Use
Some
Moderate — cocktails and social drinking as a lifestyle element
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Jodi's psychology — her controlled response to betrayal; what she is quietly planning; the question of whether she'll actually do it
What this book is about
Todd and Jodi have been together for twenty years — and Todd is having an affair with a younger woman who is now pregnant. Jodi, a therapist, watches her life disintegrate. The Silent Wife is told in dual perspectives — her cool, clinical view of their marriage and his oblivious one. The ending was announced on the back cover of the original edition. Praised as a successor to Gone Girl.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
A marriage disintegrating — infidelity, pregnancy, abandonment
An unreliable narrator — Jodi's cool exterior masks what's underneath
The ending is telegraphed early — the novel is about the path, not the destination
Praised as a successor to Gone Girl
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