Rating: 3/5
First Line: She heard a knocking, and then a dog barking. Her dream left her, skittering behind a closing door. It had been a good dream, warm and close, and she minded. She fought waking. It was dark in the small bedroom, with no lights yet, behind the shades. She reached for a lamp, fumbled her way up the brass, and she was thinking, What? What?
The Pilot's wife was another quick read. It only took me a few hours. It was a good story that kept you reading, but is no literary masterpiece. The story begins with a woman who gets a knock on her door in the middle of the night telling her that her pilot husband has been killed in a plan crash. Although she knows in her heart that this day is inevitable, it still comes as a shock to her. Throughout the investigation of the plane crash, Kathryn discovers that her husband has another wife and family in London England. She also discovers that through his other wife he is a courier for the IRA and it is the bomb he is carrying that causes the plane crash.
The book kept you on edge, knowing that Kathryn was going to discover something horrible about her husband, but it was over halfway through the book that it is finally revealed to the reader. I felt hat she spent too much time describing Kathryn's dealings with her husband's death, that the details of his second life was rushed and could have been elaborated on more, particularly since it was what the book was about. It also didn't describe Kathryn's reaction to it as much as I would have liked. She seemed to rely only on what she learned from his second wife.
The Pilot's Wife is a short entertaining read, but I gave it a 3/5 based on it;s lack of depth in the story and character development.
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