The Last Housewife
A Novel
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The Last Housewife
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Narrated by:
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Alexis Van Aiken
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By:
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Ashley Winstead
About this listen
From the author of the acclaimed In My Dreams I Hold a Knife comes a pitch-black thriller about a woman determined to destroy a powerful cult and avenge the deaths of the women taken in by it, no matter the cost.
While in college in upstate New York, Shay Evans and her best friends met a captivating man who seduced them with a web of lies about the way the world works, bringing them under his thrall. By senior year, Shay and her friend Laurel were the only ones who managed to escape. Now, eight years later, Shay’s built a new life in a tony Texas suburb. But when she hears the horrifying news of Laurel’s death―delivered, of all ways, by her favorite true-crime podcast crusader―she begins to suspect that the past she thought she buried is still very much alive, and the predators more dangerous than ever.
Recruiting the help of the podcast host, Shay goes back to the place she vowed never to return to in search of answers. As she follows the threads of her friend’s life, she’s pulled into a dark, seductive world, where wealth and privilege shield brutal philosophies that feel all too familiar. When Shay’s obsession with uncovering the truth becomes so consuming she can no longer separate her desire for justice from darker desires newly reawakened, she must confront the depths of her own complicity and conditioning. But in a world built for men to rule it—both inside the cult and outside of it—is justice even possible, and if so, how far will Shay go to get it?
©2022 Ashley Winstead (P)2022 Blackstone PublishingCritic Reviews
2022, LibraryReads
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- Brittany james
- 23-03-2023
Alot of hype for a average story!
I have seen this book everywhere recommended and decided to get it, so much hype of how fantastic the story is when I found it engaging about third of the time and quite bored the rest. the story is very predictable near the end one good twist and lots of violence throughout. would definitely listen to another book by this author and performance was 10 out of 10.
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- Laura Overhill
- 28-08-2023
Listened to the whole story in one sitting
For those who are survivors of domestic abuse, do not tackle this book lightly. The story really spoke to me as a push forward from the likes of Attwoods Handmaids Tale as a descendant of many of those theme.
This is an incredible story with bodily horror and suspense. The horror is certainly hellish and terrifying but I think at its core, this book is really a commentary on the politics of our day and the twisted discourse around what feminism, power, agency and pleasure truly are. It delves into the psychological experience of abuse and the way power causes vulnerability. As someone who has experience abuse, I felt Shay's confusion and internal conflict viscerally.
Amazing narrator really carried the journey and emotions. They also brought through the horrible but human flaws of the main characters with a resound ring of truth and genuine compassion. The voice acting was cohesive and I didnt have any trouble following who was speaking during dialog which I can sometime find as an issue in audiobooks. I couldn't put it down and was in absolute tears at the end. This is a book that will haunt me and that I can see myself coming back to in the years to come.
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- Maureen
- 29-11-2022
Scary
This was a strange read. I still felt uncomfortable by the content, the violence of it, even at the end.
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- S. Thanapal
- 19-09-2022
Amazing!
Just read it! One of the best books I’ve read this year! It’s a meditation on patriarchy and misogyny disguised as a crime thriller, and that’s it’s strength. It’s deeply engaging and well written, but it’s also incredibly personal and socio political at the same time. I love Winstead because she does not shy away from the violence that women undergo, but she does not turn it into violence porn the way male writers do, where they use women for their male centred plots. I think she a is a true feminist thriller writer because despite it all, her women have agency.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-01-2024
So bad, painful to listen to
I lasted less than 20 minutes into this book before I couldn't stand listening anymore. I think you're supposed to like the main character but it's just really bad writing
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