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Mar 07, 2019DCL_Cheryl rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I wouldn't call this a "light read" in the emotional sense. Characters in this book work through death and grief, infidelity and betrayal, disappointments and bitterness. Moriarty's gift is not making the dark "too dark" or the heavy "too heavy," but a side effect to this can be shallow character development. Still, she also does a nice job of portraying average humans being a mess and trying, on some level, to do better. Sort of. Several characters fall far (far) short of the "know better, do better" benchmark in The Husband's Secret. I did overall appreciate it and it kept me entertained for a couple days in audio, but saying that "I really liked it" would be going a bit too far. I much preferred What Alice Forgot or Big Little Lies when all was said and done.