The Children vs The Mad Wife: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Romance
The Children
Guinevere Sharpe has two childhoods. In one, she and her brother, Ennis, live in the wooded shadow of their family's isolated Vermont farmhouse; in the other, the pages of their mother’s world-famous Ninth City books,…
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The Mad Wife
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From bestselling author Meagan Church comes a haunting exploration of identity, motherhood, and the suffocating grip of societal expectations that will leave you questioning the…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Mad Wife highest: The Mad Wife 3.9 · The Children 3.5.
- The Mad Wife has the widest readership — 173928 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Children | The Mad Wife | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.5 (11976) | 3.9 (173928) |
| Hardcover | 3.2 (11) | 3.7 (65) |
| Apple Books | 3.5 (47) | 4.0 (489) |
Reception
| The Children | The Mad Wife | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 11976 | 173928 |
| Editions | 1 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Pages | — | 321 |