My Husband

A Novel

By: Maud Ventura, Emma Ramadan - translator

Narrated by: Kiiri Sandy

Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's summary

In this suspenseful and darkly funny debut novel, a sophisticated French woman spends her life obsessing over her perfect husband—but can their marriage survive her passionate love?

A Belletrist Book Club Pick • An Amazon UK Best Book of the Year • Winner of France’s First Novel Prize • Named a Best Book of the Summer by Vogue • theSkimm • Oprah Daily • The Millions

At forty years old, she has an enviable life: a successful career, stunning looks, a beautiful house in the suburbs, two healthy children, and most importantly, an ideal husband, whose wealthy background allows her to transcend her own social class. After fifteen years together, she is still besotted with him. But she’s never quite sure that her passion is reciprocated.

Determined to keep their relationship perfect, she meticulously prepares for every encounter they have, always taking care to make her actions seem effortless. She watches him attentively, testing him to make sure that he still loves her just as much as he did when they first met.

Until one day she realizes she may have gone too far . . .

“Fans of Caroline Kepnes’ You or Gillian Flynn will find My Husband to be a new, satisfying, and unnerving take on the relationship-suspense genre.”—Booklist (starred review)

©2023 Maud Ventura (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers

Great

Loved the story. Kept me so entertained. Definitely a must read. Mind bending to its fullest.

Questioning of the main character’s sanity

The ending! This novel was a curious and captivating read. I found myself questioning her sanity and then somehow understanding her logic which is only the result of the impeccable writing

Original

Very clever idea for a storyline. As a wife, I think we could all identify with elements of the book. She was a bit neurotic and selfish. I think the ending was completely unexpected.

listen at x1.20 speed

it took a while to hook me, but I kept listening (and changed the speed to x1.20) and then I was obsessed. I probably would have preferred to read it instead of listening for this reason. I kept trying to guess what her deal was and was never right. do not skip the epilogue.

Relatable protagonist

I absolutely love the style of storytelling. A deep dive into an anxious-avoidant attachment style’s mind. I absolutely devoured this book and it devoured me. I couldn’t wait for my commute every day just to find out what was going to happen. This has become one of my very favorite novels ever. The simplicity of the storyline highlights the protagonist’s constant internal battle. I laughed out loud at several parts because of how relatable she is.
Fabulous twist at the end.

Lacking...

The narrator was brilliant for this book! Overall I enjoyed, but the pace and impact was lacking. The ending made is *almost* worth the time invested.

Beautifully written

The whole book I was torn between feeling bad for the main character and being so annoyed by her. But I loved the plot twist and the way it’s written. You don’t know if you should be jealous of their relationship or terrified that people like this exists

Suspenseful

Enthralling. Did not expect the way it ended. The readers voice was hypnotic. Excellent all around.

A wonderful marriage surprise

Written in the first person of the wife the story is creative,, exasperating and easy to relate to. I love the husband too
Ccaroiyn Jaconson

This novel is good to read along with Elena Ferrantee s. day The Day of Abandonment👍🏼

That was a fun ride

I love crazy protagonists and this one was delightful. I enjoyed the (rather short) ride (If I'd realized it was <6 hours long, I'd have saved my credit). And the last chapter was surprising but seemed not as well written. I think the ending recapped everything too quickly and could have been told slower and more gracefully as to further play with the reader. A shame. So, it felt like the story ended abruptly with inadequate resolution. Like an aborted climax.