A review by bella613
The Wife Upstairs by Freida McFadden

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This was pretty good! A lot of reviews say it's the same as verity, but it has a very different feel to it despite being a similar premise off the bat. Having just read verity, I'd say that Hoover does a better job at the horror-style creepiness factor, and McFadden does a better job at the actual writing (lol). I think this was more predictable, and definitely less bold since the FL is seen in a positive light as opposed to in Hoover's Verity. I don't want to only compare these two since I'm sure there are plenty of very similar stories written before either of the two, and I know that they aren't connected, but it's hard not to associate them.