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The Third Mrs. Durst door Ann Aguirre
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The Third Mrs. Durst (editie 2019)

door Ann Aguirre

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Some people just need killing.

Marlena Altizer Durst lives in her husband's shadow. He controls her every moveâ??what she wears, the food she eats, and the friends she's allowed to make. If she disobeys, there are...consequences. And he has all the power.

To outsiders, it seems that she leads a fairy-tale life. But nobody ever wonders if Cinderella was happy after she married the prince. Marlena has traded freedom and safety for luxurious imprisonment, and most days, that seems like a bad bargain. Death may be the only exit she's allowed. Just like his first wife. And his second. Unless she flips the script.

Some people just need killing.

Praise:

"The Third Mrs. Durst is a slow, dark burn that leads to a fantastic explosion of an ending."â??Victoria Helen Stone, bestselling author of Jane Do… (meer)

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Titel:The Third Mrs. Durst
Auteurs:Ann Aguirre
Info:Midnight Ink, 312 pages
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the blurb reads 'Marlena Altizer Durst lives in her husband's shadow. He controls her every move—what she wears, the food she eats, and the friends she's allowed to make. If she disobeys, there are...consequences. And he has all the power.

To outsiders, it seems that she leads a fairy-tale life. But nobody ever wonders if Cinderella was happy after she married the prince. Marlena has traded freedom and safety for luxurious imprisonment, and most days, that seems like a bad bargain. Death may be the only exit she's allowed. Just like his first wife. And his second. Unless she flips the script.'

Marlena is trapped in her abusive marriage but she hatches a plan...... wow this was a fast paced read, a story of abuse and revenge. Michael, the husband, is utterly despicable and invokes lip curling dislike, yes, I as rooting for Marlena. I thoroughly enjoyed the book, i think it would make a great movie too.

Thank you Netgalley, Midnight Ink and Ann Aguirre for giving me the chance to read The Third Mrs Durst. save it to read when you have a free day because you won't want to put it down once you start. a big 5 stars from me! ( )
  SamBurrows | Dec 9, 2020 |
Many thanks to NetGalley, Midnight Ink and Ann Aguirre for an ARC in exchange for an honest book review of The Third Mrs. Durst. My thoughts and opinions are 100% my own and independent of receiving an advance copy.

Marlena grew up in the hills, with a drug-addicted mother, many siblings, and nothing to eat. She knew she had to get out and she did. It was hard to leave the little ones behind, but if she didn’t save herself, no one would. Living on the streets was dangerous but she found a best friend, Jenny. Discovered by a talent agent she begins modeling. A man, Michael Durst, notices her in the office one day and soon she is booking jobs in Europe.

Before long Marlena becomes Mrs. Michael Durst. The third Mrs. Michael Durst. Everyone keeps telling her how lucky she is now that she has married prince charming. However, having all the money in the world doesn’t mean you’re happy. Marlena knows she has a long way to go until she is perfect, a word her husband keeps using. Marlena just doesn’t know if she’ll live that long. Michael is grooming her to fit into his society, lying about who she is and where she came from. Marlena tries because if she makes one slight perceived error she is violently punished. The last two wives didn’t survive. Death might be the only way out.

Finally!!! A thriller that thrills. A mystery that unfolds. Wow, imagine that. If you can’t tell, I am excited about this book. This was my kind of story. I like when you are led down a path. A path that is true, yet there is so much going on. Where you try to predict the end with one outcome, then another, then another. All possibilities hold true until, boom, there it is. The ending you didn’t expect. You didn’t expect it but it was there the whole time. You haven’t been lied to for ninety percent of the book, then the last ten percent turns everything upside down, and this left-field ending happens that you are supposed to accept.

You should be forewarned that there is a lot of violence in this story. It is a little hard to take. I wasn’t expecting it and it made me uncomfortable. But it fit the story. I really liked the characters. Marlena is smart and her story is interesting. Everyone’s part fits into the story. Things move quickly, it is fast-paced, and there is never a dull moment. It’s an easy read, captivating, well written psychological thriller. If you have been following my reviews, you’ll know that I’ve been waiting for something to hold my attention. I’m so happy I finally found it! ( )
  PinkPurlandProse | Aug 15, 2019 |
Stories often surprise me, but The Third Mrs. Durst really surprised me. I love an excellent twist here and there. This is a dark menacing thriller about a young backwoods girl who escapes that life of extreme poverty. Instead, she becomes a model and attracts the attention of an older man, Mr. Durst. She wants the life that will come from being this rich man's wife. At least, that's what she thinks at first. He's not the same behind closed doors. He's every married woman's nightmare, the controlling abusive husband/stellar public citizen and man about town. How will she untie herself from this man? Well, I'm certainly not going to tell you that. This is an excellent read that will steal hours of your life before you realize it. So tense and taught and chilling! Read it! Thanks to NetGalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review. ( )
  JypsyLynn | Aug 13, 2019 |
This was not the type of book that I expected from this author, but it was an interesting change of pace from her. (I haven't read her in years though, so she may have ventured into this genre before and I just didn't know it)

Had I bought this book, I think I would have sent it back based on the fact that the synopsis doesn't quite do it justice. As an ARC I get the same synopsis that Amazon and Goodread publishes, and I got the impression that it was going to pretty much, be the typical southern 'damsel in distress with rotten husband' book with a bit of a twist. Little did I know that it was going to be the twisted blood fest that it was.

It took me about half of the book to finally realize what was going on (yes, I guess I'm slow!) and even though I know from the title page that "some people just need killing" the hate and violence and subterfuge just made my stomach roil. It didn't stop me from finishing the book though!!!

*ARC supplied by the publisher. ( )
  Cats57 | Jul 29, 2019 |
I really wanted to enjoy this book. Unfortunately, it fell flat for me. It's psychological suspense, but I didn't feel much suspense or anticipation. Instead, I felt annoyed.

A powerful, wealthy man controls his wife. His first two wives have died (presumably by murder) and the third wife thinks she's headed for the same fate unless she takes control. Interesting premise, but not terribly original. I knew that from the blurb.

But I wanted to see what Aguirre would add to the story. Gender/power dynamics are being explored in different, interesting ways in current fiction. Even an over-used premise can feel fresh if given the right spin.

Unfortunately, I didn't get that here. Instead, I felt like I was reading a book I'd read before. Different names, different circumstances, different author, but still, somehow, the same story.

My biggest issues?
1. The cliched characters

About a quarter of the way through the book, Durst babbles to Marlena about how she's his greatest possession and he has to protect her. Ugh. His wife is his "possession"? She must be "perfect," he claims, to be "worthy" to be his wife. Double ugh. He decides everything, right down to when they will have a baby together. Ugh, ugh, ugh. Can you imagine being this man's child? Yikes.

Obviously, Durst is the antagonist. No one should like him. But he repeatedly states the need for perfection. References her as his possession. Fakes remorse after he abusing her. And each time, his words sound over the top. There's little subtlety or nuance in his character's portrayal. He is a cliche of the abusive alpha-male husband with ill-gotten wealth. I've encountered his type in fiction before.

Marlena, for her part, is terrific at playing the beautiful wife whose seemingly fairy-tale life hides the living hell of her reality. A cliche. But the real Marlena is a scheming, manipulative person bent on revenge--another cliche. I've encountered this type in fiction far too many times in recent years. Again, there's nothing subtle in the characterization.

Marlena is as horrible as her husband. I couldn't root for her, especially after her actions become as immoral as her husband's. Neither grows as a character. Together, their actions felt predictable, and the twists fell flat. Even the addition of bisexuality didn't add much to the book's depth.

2. The cliched circumstances

Durst is wealthy. His riches come from multiple sources, some possibly illegal. He has the insecure arrogance of the nouveau riche who've fought and clawed their way to the upper echelons of society. Of course.

Marlena comes from a dirt-poor, barely-educated family. Think Third World-level poverty, complete with the junkie mom who's got several children by different men and can't care for her kids. Of course.

Both backgrounds feel cliched.

I've noticed that when genre fiction deals with abusive relationships, many times the abuser is extremely wealthy. He uses that money to pay off other authority figures or pull other shenanigans, like getting people thrown into jail or mental hospitals or faking documentation. The drop-dead gorgeous victim is often poor or limited in her financial resources.

In real life, abusers and their victims come from all socio-economic levels. They aren't all fairy-tale beautiful, either. Having an ugly, poor victim does not make the horror of domestic violence any less horrible. So why do many novels seem to rely on the beauty/wealth tropes in genre fiction about abuse?

What DID I like? For one thing, I enjoyed the musings about fairy tales/classic stories

There were times, especially in the beginning, when Marlena muses on classic stories like Cinderella or Pygmalion. I enjoyed these. I liked these explorations of gender power dynamics: both genders can work to gain power over their partners. One might manipulate the other, but in such a way that the other believes he/she is still in control, that some desired action was his/her idea in the first place.

The repeated references to fairy tales and myths emphasize the way others might view Marlena's marital life, but they also frame Marlena's view of the world. I like that she views these tales in a subversive way rather than in a straight-forward manner. Still, this has been explored in other novels.

Does this novel add anything to the current discussion of gender and power dynamics? Does it even want to add more?

The book left me frustrated. It had the potential to be much more than a standard thriller-with-a-twist, but it didn't fulfill its potential. For me, it was an average-level suspense novel. ( )
  MeredithRankin | Jul 14, 2019 |
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Some people just need killing.

Marlena Altizer Durst lives in her husband's shadow. He controls her every moveâ??what she wears, the food she eats, and the friends she's allowed to make. If she disobeys, there are...consequences. And he has all the power.

To outsiders, it seems that she leads a fairy-tale life. But nobody ever wonders if Cinderella was happy after she married the prince. Marlena has traded freedom and safety for luxurious imprisonment, and most days, that seems like a bad bargain. Death may be the only exit she's allowed. Just like his first wife. And his second. Unless she flips the script.

Some people just need killing.

Praise:

"The Third Mrs. Durst is a slow, dark burn that leads to a fantastic explosion of an ending."â??Victoria Helen Stone, bestselling author of Jane Do

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