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I was more than 60% through the book before it engaged me. Page after page of a meek housewife hallucinating (or remembering?) and hints of a dark and troubled past.Her husband begs her to take her pills - he even puts them in her mouth but she doesn't swallow them because she wants to come to grips with the strong images and flashbacks that torment her. I was rooting for her to take her pills just like her husband so I wouldn't have to read any more of this. But then we start to believe that Marta is not hallucinating but rather remembering real events that happened before her marriage - terrible events involving her husband. The reader starts to believe that maybe Marta is not "crazy" but rather the victim of a terrible crime...
The ending is terribly disappointing - completely unsatisfying. I understand that the author wanted to explore the complex psychology of memory, but I want good guys to prevail and bad guys to be punished. And I didn't get that satisfaction.


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How to Be a Good Wife edition by Emma Chapman Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews

The characters in this novel are well crafted...especially the character of Marta aka Elise. Is she losing her grip on reality or was she subjected to the horrors she "thinks" she remembers? Although it begins slowly and rather groggily, as the story unfolds it takes on a nice pace. I do have say that the ending was somewhat disappointing, but appropriate. This was an easy read and entertaining. I would recommend this to others
A little confusing in the beginning but I kept with it. The middle was interesting and then the ending was unexpected. Everyone is going to have a different take on this book.
Very slow, and hard to get into. Never really let you know what was going on. Felt like I didn't know much of what was going on even after finishing it. Left everything hanging without any explanations.
Five stars absolutely! Oh, my......what a wonderful idea for a book. My heart was heavy at times for Marta. I didn't care for her husband or his mother one bit! And then as Elise is presented, my heart hurts so for her. But we would do anything for our children, as Elise does. The ending was perfect.......what else could a mother do to not see the pain in her son's eyes. A great book that I wish would get the topic of mental health more out in the open. To get people to see it not as an illness but as a question of health. Our government, our healthcare providers, and we ourselves should stand up for recognizing it in this way and not to see it as something shameful. And to see it not be abused as this book so beautifully illustrates.
Icy and dark, this is psychological suspense that the average reader may not "get." The sly author persuades us to alternate between sympathetically relating to Marta, a Norwegian housewife expected to toe the line for her husband of 25 years, and also being a bit repulsed by her increasingly erratic behavior.

At her husband's insistence, Marta has dutifully been taking little pink pills several times a day for decades. She has memorized and performed each and every timed household chore from the handbook she received on her wedding day, a gift from her cold, perfectionist mother-in-law.

Lately, however, Marta has decided to see what happens without the meds. Her only child has moved away, and with time on her hands, she begind to secretly spit out the pills, even after Hector has checked her mouth.

With her mind starting to finally bob to the surface of clarity, Marta sees things that others do not. The reader must decide whether we are witness to a confused view of lifting fog or a paranoid trip into madness. Whether she is insane or not, we cannot help but hope that Marta finds herself fully in control of her emotions and satisfied with her role as, if not a good wife, then a good mother.

Oustanding slow-burner - look for clues as early as page 2!
There's a lot of disagreement on this book, so I had to throw my two cents in. Yes, it's well written; yes, the story probably spends too much time on the protagonist's repetitive visions/hallucinations before the plot takes a turn about three quarters of the way through. But I did find the book involving and enjoyable.

The ending is the biggest point of controversy, and without saying too much, I agree with those who didn't find it satisfying. The ambiguity is only part of the problem; I'm pretty sure in my own mind whether the heroine is delusional or not. But either way you slice it, the resolution leaves quite a bit to be desired. But Chapman is a talented writer, and I thought the book was worth the time.
Marta is a middle-aged housewife living in an unnamed Scandinavian town with her husband. Throughout her marriage she has always strived to be the best possible wife to her husband Hector but she suddenly begins to have terrifying hallucinations that make her want to break free from her idyllic country life.

Chapman had a very good idea but did not execute it well. Poor execution leads to the swift changes in year and place being jarring and passages feel disjointed.

Chapman's writing style is simple and laconic so not much is achieved in terms of creating a tense atmosphere hence the book never really feels like the tension filled psychological thriller it tries to be.
I was more than 60% through the book before it engaged me. Page after page of a meek housewife hallucinating (or remembering?) and hints of a dark and troubled past.Her husband begs her to take her pills - he even puts them in her mouth but she doesn't swallow them because she wants to come to grips with the strong images and flashbacks that torment her. I was rooting for her to take her pills just like her husband so I wouldn't have to read any more of this. But then we start to believe that Marta is not hallucinating but rather remembering real events that happened before her marriage - terrible events involving her husband. The reader starts to believe that maybe Marta is not "crazy" but rather the victim of a terrible crime...
The ending is terribly disappointing - completely unsatisfying. I understand that the author wanted to explore the complex psychology of memory, but I want good guys to prevail and bad guys to be punished. And I didn't get that satisfaction.