This was a odd book and not one i enjoyed i was not able to get into it enough to actually finish it,

An author, his wife... and a murder? A truly wild ride of a psychological thriller, and an expertly crafted build from a niggling insecurity that when stoked correctly... turns into a raging wildfire of questioning, distrust, and fear.

Somehow this book manages to be vague and specific at the same time. The time period is vague, the main character is only referred to as "Mrs. March", and you are never exactly sure what is real and what is paranoia. But even though that sounds like a mess, the book is compelling and very well-written. Recommended especially for those who like dark psychological thriller and don't care if the protagonist is likeable or not.

Ooh time goes by and if i don't write the review right away...sigh. I'm trying to be better. The best i can do right now is give a star count...

If you want to dive deep into one woman's madness then this is the book for you. The writing was good and the author does a good job describing the main characters downward spiral.

Mrs. March takes you into the mind of it's main character and doesn't release you until the very end. Feito manages to elicit sympathy for a character many will not like. Looking forward to the movie!

I found Mrs. March deliciously entertaining but like watching a trainwreck in slow motion. Mrs. March is spiraling into madness and the catalyst, her husband's new novel heroine, is just the tip of the iceberg so to speak. It's not that she suspects, then is certain the main character of his new book is based on her, it's the reactions from others that peel her outer layers and expose all the vulnerabilities simmering underneath. I devoured this book and knowing it will be a film soon I also visualized the look... so watch for my mood boards coming to #bookstagram soon. This book leaves you with a sense of ambiguity regarding March. Although you may pity her, there's a sense that her delusions are inevitable and where they lead is up to you as the reader to decide, which is my favorite kind of story really.

This is a Mystery/Thriller. The writing style in this book was just not for me. I was just felt that this book was going to put me to sleep by the 55% of this book, and I could not keep reading. I found this book so boring, and I did not care about any of the characters. I really just did not understand it. Maybe it is just me. I was kindly provided an e-copy of this book by the publisher or author via NetGalley, so I can give an honest review about how I feel about this book. I want to send a big Thank you to them for that.

I wanted to like this book. It sounded absolutely amazing and just like the kind of thing that would draw me in. However, after starting, stopping,starting, and stopping again, I have to admit that while this book is definitely well written and very literary with a gorgeous aesthetic, it's boring. DNF 20%.

I’m not sure what I think of this story. I picked it up multiple times and was determined to finish it to see what would finally happen to Mrs. March. I wasn’t too pleased with the outcome as she continued to unravel and no one was really helping her. I felt sorry for her son and housekeeper and her husband was just too oblivious in his own life to even notice his wife’s issues. I did enjoy the city setting.

I'm unable to review this book. I read it from beginning to end and have nothing good to say about the story.

The details are what make this one a great read. The author gets so completely into Mrs. March's head that you the reader are right in there with her. Her inner monologue is such a clever combination of the completely banal with some psychotic thinking sprinkled in that at first you don't even realize that she's probably been going mad for quite some time already.

If you like books that slowly burrow into your consciousness and then bang around in there unsettlingly, then you’ll definitely love this creepy, mind-bender of a book.

Mrs.March appears at first to be the story of a well-meaning but awkward and uptight one percenter. But slowly, slowly, the reader begins to realize that this is much, much more than that.

Slow descent into madness books can be excellent if they’re well-conceived and well-written, and Mrs. March is certainly both of those things. In this case it’s not really about the slow unraveling, but the realization by both you, the reader, and the protagonist that the madness has always been there.

Feito does an exceptional job of getting inside the reader’s head, and makes you feel like it might be *you* who’s losing the plot, not just Mrs. March.

This was an outstanding, creepy book that has a slow burn feel, yet actually reads at a near-frenetic pace once you become fully immersed in it.

Mrs. March isn't well. She has lost herself. She isn't even her. She's an extension of her husband. Even in her own mind. So when his new book is a best seller and people tells her she is the inspiration she doesn't take it well. Her mind goes into overload and we watch her fall further and further into insanity. It becomes painfully obvious where this is going to end up and you are just watching the train wreck. Times I wanted to skim because it got a bit repetitive but it was always authentically the inner thoughts of someone truly losing it. Interesting enough that I wish it wasn't the first two weeks back in person at school so I could have read it in a few sessions. I think reading this one through would have built the tension much more.

Stunning. The detail early on about the mint green gloves being considered ‘daring’ and what strangers might think of a woman who wore them is when I knew this unusual novel was for me. “She would never have picked that color out, not once believing she could pull such a thing off." *sigh*
Happy to include it in “What to read in August,” the August installment of my monthly top fiction picks column for Zoomer magazine’s Books section. Review at link.

This is a literary thriller starring the titular character. Mrs. March is - from what I gathered - a woman in her early 40s. She’s the mother of an eight-year-old old boy, and the step-mother of a young woman from her husband’s first marriage. Based on my math, she’s been married to her husband for about 15 years - he was a popular young literature and creative writing professor at the college she went to, although she was never one of his students and they started dating in secret when she was a senior.

They got married a number of years later, after George had become a famous novelist. It seems like in the early years of their marriage, they got along well enough. It seems like Mrs. March was more involved in his earlier career, but she seems to have grown more distant from him and his work. So much so that when his newest novel comes out - it has just come out when this book opens, Mrs. March has not read the book that readers are raving about. It’s become a bestseller and literally everyone’s talking about it.

That becomes a problem for Mrs. March when she walks into her local bakery - where she buys her favorite olive bread - and the woman who works there starts talking to her about her husband’s latest book. This woman asks Mrs. March if George based the main character - a stupid, ugly, untouchable prostitute named Johanna whose downfall is the focus of the novel - on Mrs. March herself. The shop woman says that their mannerisms and they way they dress are so similar that she just assumed that Mrs. March was the inspiration for Johanna’s character.

Mrs. March is rightfully incensed - Johanna is a detestable character - so when she gets back to their apartment on the Upper East Side of New York, she actually really opens the finished book for the first time, and the small amount that she sees seems to convince her that it’s true - that her husband actually based this wretched character on her. The main feelings she has in that moment are those of betrayal and humiliation. How could George shame her like this? This question seems to send her down this rabbit hole of - if he’s capable of doing this to his wife of 15 years, basing a horrible character off of her for the world to see - then what else is he capable of doing?

From this point forward, we slowly see this character start to unravel. It’s not dramatic, at least not at first - it’s much more like a high-tension domestic thriller. The majority of the book is slow moving, so if that’s something you don’t like, then this may not be the book for you, but if you’re the kind of reader who enjoys picking up little details and is game to be along for the ride of watching woman lose her mind so gradually that it feels like you’re going down with her, then you will really enjoy this.

The idea and premise of this book is great. The writing is beautiful. But unfortunately there is something that doesn't seem to mesh. This feels like a case where the movie will be stronger than the book where we can really connect with Mrs. March.

I am going to be completely honest. I am not quite sure what I read. That being said I did not hate it nor did I super love it. I think the only truly centered person in this book is the maid Martha who I feel extremely bad for.

Mrs. March's husband is a famous author who has come out with his newest novel and Mrs. March could not be more proud. That is until someone points out that the main character in his new book seems to have a lot of the personality traits that Mrs. March herself possesses and they are not portrayed in a nice light. Mrs. March being a proper wife is afraid to confront George about his main character's flaws, thus starting her decent into madness. Soon after Mrs. March is convinced that her husband is a murder and was having a torrid affair with the young lady before he killed her. Is he truly a murder? Or is there something deeper and more sinister going on?

I will say that this book draws you in and you have to keep reading just to see what is going to happen. I did like that the book showed not only current events that were effecting Mrs. March but also her past. I feel like it put the book and characters more into perspective. Especially Mrs. March.

Thank you so much to W. W. Norton & Company, Liveright and Net Galley for letting me read an advance copy.

The premise of Mrs. March really intrigued me. It did take me awhile to get into the book and I found it to be a bit slow at times. I do recommend giving this one a try if you like historical fiction.

I saw Virginia Feito interviewed and her description of Mrs March intrigued me. It is such a compelling read and the descriptions of old New York City haunts were so atmospheric. Watching Mrs. March unravel was fascinating.