Recipe for a Perfect Wife by Karma Brown

Recipe for a Perfect Wife

Karma Brown

392 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction literary mystery dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
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When Alice Hale leaves a career to become a writer and follows her husband to the New York suburbs; she is unaccustomed to filling her days alone in a big, empty house. But when she finds a vintage cookbook buried in the basement, she becomes capt...

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Community Reviews

3.55
based on 3,509 reviews

Moods

emotional: 53%

mysterious: 48%

dark: 46%

reflective: 41%

tense: 29%

sad: 20%

hopeful: 9%

inspiring: 9%

lighthearted: 9%

challenging: 8%

funny: 8%

informative: 7%

adventurous: 2%

relaxing: 2%

Pace

24% of readers chose fast
62% of readers chose medium
12% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

5% of readers chose Plot
24% of readers chose A mix
69% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

51% of readers chose Yes
27% of readers chose Complicated
20% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

26% of readers chose Yes
46% of readers chose Complicated
26% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

6% of readers chose Yes
4% of readers chose Complicated
86% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

70% of readers chose Yes
18% of readers chose Complicated
9% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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