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When I was you cover

Love a good domestic thriller

When I Was You by Amber Garza

May 28, 2021 by msvreadsbooks Leave a Comment

I have a theory. It’s not necessarily original, but I have a theory. I think this wave of “domestic thriller” or “marriage thriller” novels is filling the cultural lacuna left by the disappearance of mid-budget thriller films. What once was Sleeping with the Enemy and Basic Instinct and Enough and all the rest is now filled with these novels of married couples who seem to really hate each other. Full discloure: I’m a singleton. Loud and proud. So when reading novels like Gone Girl or […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Amber Garza, domestic thriller, Fiction, marriage thriller

msvreadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Amber Garza, domestic thriller, Fiction, marriage thriller ·
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Tawdry domestic thrillers are my popcorn

When I Was You by Amber Garza

January 13, 2021 by NatteringwPride 2 Comments

I have a weakness for domestic thrillers. You know the type- they’re all called The Lie, or the Perfect Husband, or well, When I Was You. It’s always about a so-called perfect family with dark secrets, unreliable narrators and incredibly implausible plots. For some reason, the vast majority of ones I stumble across are written by British women. These are the books I read when I want to shut off my brain, so I go through them pretty fast. This is my latest find- When […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Amber Garza

NatteringwPride's CBR13 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Amber Garza ·
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