A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick

A Reliable Wife

Robert Goolrick

291 pages • first pub 2009 (view editions)

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A Reliable Wife is ideal for readers who enjoy dark, psychologically intense historical novels exploring themes of deception, desire, and the haunting weight of past traumas.

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Robert Goolrick's riveting debut novel is both foreboding and sensual. When a wealthy man first meets his mail-order bride in 1907, he realizes this statuesque beauty is anything but a "simple missionary's daughter." But he doesn't know of her dev...

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Community Reviews

3.05
based on 5,213 reviews

Moods

dark: 74%

tense: 55%

sad: 51%

emotional: 48%

mysterious: 44%

challenging: 17%

reflective: 17%

adventurous: 2%

hopeful: 2%

informative: 2%

lighthearted: 2%

Pace

5% of readers chose fast
61% of readers chose medium
32% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

7% of readers chose Plot
46% of readers chose A mix
43% of readers chose Character
2% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

50% of readers chose Yes
21% of readers chose Complicated
26% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

4% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
73% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

12% of readers chose Yes
10% of readers chose Complicated
74% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

95% of readers chose Yes
2% of readers chose Complicated
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
N/A

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