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The other woman
Sandie Jones
2018 · Thriller
How it reads
The other woman is thriller (domestic thriller, specifically), and its dominant mood is tense. The suspense is the kind you feel in your shoulders. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.
It's set in a suburban setting, in the present day, told in the third person, staying close to one character. Its central concerns are family, love and secrets. In weight it's light and escapist — easy to fall into.
It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending is dark — no rescue, no neat bow. It's well known, the kind of book most keen readers have heard of.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something tense
- you want a book that pulls you through
- you want an escape
Maybe not if…
- you need something cosy or heartwarming
- you want dense, lingering prose
- you need a happy ending
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- thriller
- Author gender
- female
- Author experience
- established
- Setting: place
- suburban
- Setting: time
- contemporary
- Mood / feeling
- tense
- Pace
- fast paced
- Tone / weight
- light and escapist
- Length
- medium
- Narrative style
- third person, one viewpoint
- Publication era
- recent
- Popularity
- well known
- Series vs standalone
- standalone
- Ending style
- dark
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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