Comments on: January Book Club Discussion – The Wives by Tarryn Fisher Review

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 10:17:57 +0000

I did not care for this book when I read it. That was a couple of years ago. Having said that, I have never forgotten this book.

While reading it, I believed that this book was about a woman in a polygamist relationship. It was only at the end that i realized that this book was actually a deep dive into one woman’s deep and delusional depression after losing her baby.

I am actually going to recommend this for my current bookclub for the discussion it will open.

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 07 Oct 2022 02:43:15 +0000

I really liked the first half and I enjoyed as it turned with the meeting of Regina and Thursday the Diner. I did NOT like the ending AT ALL and I’m left feeling disappointed. Idk it’s just disappointing to know she’s crazy this whole time. It’s disappointing to know she would hurt her father like she did. It’s so far fetched to think Regina would visit her in the hospital. Idk I’m just left feeling blah and meh

By: The German

The German — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 16:27:47 +0000

I thoroughly enjoyed the first part of the book, the novel idea about their setup was exciting, I was really hoping for any number of like ten different ways the story could have gone when she started snooping around, but I did not expect nor did I enjoy the whole “it was all in her head because she’s crazy” angle, that was disappointing and turned the book from being something new and fresh to a familiar “crazy woman” trope which I could do without. I’d rather just explore the impact of being in a polygamist relationship and how she was dealing with it, then perhaps have her form a bond with her competition, the story could have taken any number of interesting ways, but chose the easy way out in the end. Still, I didn’t figure out that she was insane until she went to see Regina, so in that sense the book “got me” and it was impressive

By: Samantha Ariniga

Samantha Ariniga — Wed, 27 Jan 2021 02:56:52 +0000

I love this book because there is mystery and I can imagine myself as the chacter.

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 03 Jan 2021 21:39:17 +0000

In reply to MaryAmanda. Yes! At one point I thought maybe she does have multiple personalities, that would go along with the crazy ending and make a lot of the disconnects makes sense. Also, what was up with her mother? Were they really that clueless about their daughter? And why would they name her Thursday lol?