Oh my, what a toxic trio! These relationships are purely self-serving, and in this quick read, we have a front row seat to the implosion of a marriage and friendship. Thank you NetGalley for the chance to read and review.

I enjoyed the writing style and will certainly read from this author again. It was a quick read and the characters were fleshed out of and vivid. I did think going in it was a psychological thriller. It was not. More a character study of these 3 people the best friend. The husband, and the wife caught between them. Thank you Putnam publishing and NetGalley for an early ARC

I literally couldn't put this book down. Every chapter had me totally captivated in the story and each character was fun and interesting to read from.
Usually there's one POV that just falls flat, but this story I enjoyed all three equally.
This story is a wild ride and I loved every minute of it.
Thank you NetGalley and Putnam Books for letting me read an ARC of this book. It publishes on May 16, 2023 and it's a story you don't want to miss out on!

This book was painful for me to get through. There is the wife, friend and husband as the three characters who each narrator 1/3 of the book. The friend is jealous and overbearing and is not a fan of the husband. The husband is just as not a fan of the friend and the wife is in the middle. Nothing happens because the book has already happened and they are just retelling their history.

The Three of Us is Ore Agbaje-Williams debut novel and for me barely rates a 1 ½ star review. This novel fails on so many levels.

It is a one day story in the lives of three people; a Nigerian husband and wife that remain nameless throughout the book and the wife’s best friend Temi who actually gets a name. They are the three most annoying, calculating, passive aggressive and backhanded characters that encompass an entire book. There are three sections in the book where each character has their own POV section.

The wife has no backbone and lets Temi use her like a doormat, she does not speak up for herself nor her husband. The husband and Temi “HATE” each other yet he puts up with her in his home. Temi is a manipulative disturb human being that has no respect for anyone including herself. The three of them manage to drink quite a bit .. I think I counted at least six bottles of wine.

I found the writing clunky, no character development, and the fact that the lack of quotation marks to distinguish dialogue made the reading even more difficult.

Nothing really happens in the book until you get close to the end when you think something finally will happen, but it just abruptly just ends. I felt like I wasted a week slogging through this book

Thank you, Ore Agbaje-Williams, Penguin Group Putnum and NetGalley for providing me with a digital ARC copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed in this review are my own. This novel is due to be released on May 16, 2023.


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I really like the premise of this book, and I really wanted to like it, but it was too much. I felt like the characters weren't well-rounded enough, and I never really understood the dynamics of the relationships, which is the book's point.

This book was good. I liked it alot and the story line was good. I could see this made into a movie.
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Short easy read, not my cup of tea at all. Just lots of narration and lack of punctuation is always difficult for me.

Thank you Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. I DNFed this at around 33% mark. The book was okay actually not that bad, but I didn't see that it goes anywhere with the story. Also, the lack of quotation marks was so confusing. Maybe that's the main reason for he DNF

This is a very fast read that covers the day in the life of a married couple and the wife's friend. There are three sections, from each of the character's perspective.

I enjoyed the building of the story as we learn a little about each person and their past and how they met and how they relate to each other.

In a nutshell, the friend is not cool with the wife being married. She and the friend had a life before marriage and she really wants it to go back that way and will do what it takes to "rescue" her friend. She does not like the husband.

The wife is probably the dullest character even though I enjoyed her bit too. She's a little complacent and not very strongly opinionated, like her friend. She is happy to be married but she just likes doing the bare minimum.

The husband is the breadwinner. He likes being married because his wife doesn't have drama in her life and he likes things simple. And now he wants a child and the wife agreed finally that it would be okay.

The friend intervenes and the ending is pretty jarring, you are really left thinking, WTF just happened????

I really liked this and am looking forward to more from this author.

definitely a character study of marriage and having a best friend who is single and not letting things go.

A relatively short book that packs a punch right into the middle of relationship expectations. Told in three sections representing the wife, the husband, and the friend, all Nigerians living in the UK. Interestingly, the expectations placed onto the women in this culture are very high. High income careers, advantageous marriages, children, and continued serving one's husband simultaneously is drilled into the female's head from her earliest days.
When the two women of our story meet, they are preadolescent with one bowing to cultural expectations while the other has decided to live life her own way. Yet they become fast and true friends bringing out the willfulness in one another. Until marriage disrupts the balance.
I found each segment of the book fascinating as the husband and the friend battle for the wife's total devotion. Each missing out on the fact the wife has free will and has made choices the other's seem to disregard as it doesn't fit into their relationship plan. It was also uncomfortable the wife did not call out her friend for invasive behaviors. I felt like I was in the room looking for an exit!
I enjoyed this book immensely as it takes place over one day but covers the history of all the characters. The ending is not tidy but I enjoyed that as well. I could see this as a 3-act play.

Thank you to Putnam Books and Netgalley for access to an early copy. All opinions are mine.

I think this would have been better as a short story. I thought as a character study it was well-written. However, as a novel, I expect there to be more of a plot with a build-up, climax and then resolution. There was only the build up. All three characters were unlikeable: the friend for obvious reasons; the wife for allowing her friend to be disrespectful to her husband, and the husband for being spineless. They did make me feel things though. I was just left unsatisfied.

Aptly named book, as it is presented in three chapters about three people, each chapter from a different person’s viewpoint. Written in a unique manner that is very effective in telling the story of a married couple and the wife’s best friend. The wife, husband and friend are telling the same story, but from each of their viewpoints. I thought towards the end there might be a stunning revelation, but no, the last chapter just ended. Nothing fancy or revealing. the book just ended. So, I guess we were just being given a glimpse int a couple’s life and how the wife’s friend was intertwined in the marriage. At any rate it was an enjoyable read. Thank you NetGalley for allowing me to read and review an advance copy of this book.

The Three Of Us by Ore Agbaje-Williams publishes may 2023. This novella is a story of woman, her jealous friend and jealous husband. A short book with no plot.

You know, I had high hopes for this one. I absolutely loved the concept of this novel. Taking place in one day would give way to plenty of depth and detail. And it being told in 3 parts. But it was a miss for me. Maybe I came in with too high of expectations?

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for an advance copy of this book in return for an honest review.

Well, this was certainly interesting in a really bad way. There are three parts to the story, which takes place on one day. Each part is narrated by one of the main characters: the wife, the husband and the wife’s best friend, Temi. The story is not a domestic comedy of manners as indicated in the promotional blurb. It is a painful unraveling of one marriage and two lives by a resentful, bitter and malicious woman.

The story centers around a wealthy young couple, who are trying to have a baby after three years of marriage. While he is successful and driven, she is unambitious and married for social and economic security. She just wants to float through each day avoiding any unpleasantness. Unfortunately, her best friend is unpleasant, and when it comes to the husband, she is downright nasty. When Temi learns that they are trying to have a baby, she is angered her friend hasn’t confided in her and enraged at the thought of their friendship undergoing more changes. After spending a day drinking wine, things are said and done that spell the end of this throuple. Perhaps.

The story does get tedious as it is a recap of the same day by three different people, albeit with a different point of view each time. It was also very strange to not know the names of the wife and the husband, but then again, Temi is really the central character, not the couple. I would have perhaps rated it higher if any of the characters were a bit more personable. The sudden ending didn’t resolve any issues, but maybe that’s how this story never ends.

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I hope this is just a quirk of the unpublished, unedited ebook but there were zero quotation marks or paragraph breaks marking off dialogue so it was very confusing figuring out who said what. And there was no ending. Just a seed of doubt placed. I want to know that Wife makes it out of that marriage and gets to be happy. They didnt sign a prenup so she gets half of everything, which is good for her. Temi was also a terrible friend but toward the end you can kind of understand it, but still. I would hope my friend would be a little more mature and talk to me if that were the case with something like this.

I desired to love this book based on the cover and the description but it fell flat for me. I really didn’t understand why the chapters weren’t more relevant than they presented. Just two stars for me. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

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A husband struggles to accept the best friend of his wife. The relationship between the women is longstanding and comes between tg3 couple at times. I am still unsure as how I feel about the relationship of the women at the end--did one betray the other or protect her?

I really enjoyed the premise of this book that takes on the perspective of each of its 3 characters in turn, following them through a single afternoon/evening. The book started so strong--I loved the first character's voice and the questions she raised as she shared her perspective on her relationships with her best friend and her husband. From there, however, it started to drop off and it ended with a fizzle as the best friend got the last word--but didn't have enough to say to merit 1/3 of the voice. As a short story or with only the husband and wife's perspectives, this could have packed more punch. As it is, it was an interesting idea that was executed unevenly.