Synopsis
**NOW A MAJOR APPLE TV SERIES!**
'Love this book' Elisabeth Moss, star of The Handmaid's Tale
'Rare and complex' Marian Keyes
'A dark, delicious thriller. I loved it.' Louise O'Neill
FRIENDS TELL EACH OTHER EVERYTHING. OR DO THEY?
Everyone wants perfection.
But there is no such thing.
Nancy has the perfect life.
She is bright, beautiful and rich with an adoring husband and daughter.
At least that's what it seems on the outside to her two best friends.
But then Nancy is murdered.
And as the lies start to unravel, they realise they never knew their perfect friend at all.
She clearly had as many secrets as they do...
*This novel was previously published as Perfect Strangers in paperback, eBook and audio*
More praise for ARAMINTA HALL:
'Razor-sharp, spine-tinglingly convincing' LISA JEWELL
'Absolutely thrilling!' LISA TADDEO
'A dark, dazzling shock to the system' CHRIS WHITAKER
'Immersive and unsettling' SARAH VAUGHAN
'An excellent twist' DOROTHY KOOMSON
'Beautifully written' SAMANTHA DOWNING
'Immersive, intelligent and gripping' S.E. LYNES
Publisher information
- Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
- ISBN: 9781398729360
- Number of pages: 352
- Dimensions: 196 x 130 x 28 mm
- Weight: 248g
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
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Thriller telling the lives of three women
This book tells the tale of three life long friends and the imperfections in their relationships with others and themselves.
Nancy is murdered and a lot of... READ MORE
The Friendship Bond Between Three Women
3.5 stars rounded up to 4
When Nancy Hennessey is murdered, she leaves behind her two best friends, an adoring husband, a daughter and a secret lover. Nan... READ MORE
Excellent
This is a brilliant read.
Wonderful well written plot and story line that had me engaged from the start.
Love the well fleshed out characters and found the... READ MORE
A book to make you think
Imperfect Women is an excellent study of female friendship and more particularly the type of friendship that endures the inevitable changes from university... READ MORE
Gripping page turner
Imperfect women is much more than a simple murder mystery. This is a story of friendship and a bond between women that is shattered by the men surrounding ... READ MORE
Friendship really matters
When Nancy is found murdered her two best friends struggle to comprehend the situation. Who killed her? Her devoted husband, mother and daughter cannot cop... READ MORE
Compelling and thought proking
Imperfect Women was a brilliant, thought provoking read.
It starts with Eleanor's narrative, then we read Nancy's and finally Mary's, three different versi... READ MORE
No sisterhood with these women
Imperfect Women is about female friendship, and the many ways women will betray it. Nancy, Eleanor and Mary allow themselves to be eroded by thoughtless me... READ MORE
Three flawed women
Imperfect Women tells the story of Nancy Hennessy, Eleanor Meakins and Mary Smithson. The three women are in their late forties and met at university 28 ye... READ MORE
Three distinctly imperfect women and two even more imperfect husbands.
I gave this four stars at the time of listening, but three weeks later, as I come to write this review, I am struggling to remember the characters and the ... READ MORE
Imperfect Women
I’ve recently just finished reading this book as part of a monthly read-along with my online (Facebook) book club (The Book Club).
We were given 3 weeks t... READ MORE
Page turner
The story of 3 women
Best friends since university of are they
Secrets, lies infidelity and murder intertwine their lives
Definitely a page turned
told fr... READ MORE
Do we ever really know our friends?
Nancy, Eleanor and Mary met at university and have been friends ever since. Their lives have taken them in different directions via marriages, children, an... READ MORE
A story of three flawed women and their friendship
A story of three flawed women and their friendship. Whilst the characters in this book are relatable they are not at all likeable.
One of the women is foun... READ MORE
There is no such thing as perfect
A gripping novel about love and betrayal, punishment and guilt, chronic illness and emotional abuse but also the compromises we all make in order to protec... READ MORE
Imperfect Women
I read this as a member of TBConFB's second readalong, where several members and I got to read this book in 3 parts, spread over 3 weeks. Having the book s... READ MORE
Female friendships
Imperfect Women is about female friendship, and the many ways women will betray it. Nancy, Eleanor and Mary allow themselves to be eroded by thoughtless me... READ MORE
Slow burner
I found this to be a very slow burner of a domestic thriller. Each of the friends narrated a chunk of the book, there were no chapters ( I don’t like this ... READ MORE
Good read!
The story of three women, their lives, loves and imperfections. I enjoyed this book to a certain degree but I guessed early on in the book what was going o... READ MORE
This is a dark tale, centred on betrayal, but also on love.
'Imperfect Women' by Araminta Hall tells the story of Eleanor, Mary and Nancy, friends since university, now middle aged women, who have had various experi... READ MORE
University friendship, murder, missteps
Three friendships dating back to the first day at university. Two marriages a sorted children and economics. One life cut short, an affair but who was the ... READ MORE
Compelling and thought proking
Imperfect Women was a brilliant, thought provoking read.
It starts with Eleanor's narrative, then we read Nancy's and finally Mary's, three different versi... READ MORE
A whodunnit chick-lit in one
A tale of 3 forty-something women, friends since university, who find themselves living quite different lives from each other - yet still remain close frie... READ MORE
A dark story of love, loss and friendship
Three friends, supposedly best friends, are all well and truly imperfect! Eleanor, Nancy and Mary meet during their first week at Oxford university. Now fu... READ MORE
Disappointing!
I liked the idea of this book, three parts for three characters whose lives were intertwined in many ways. The story itself was good but the story telling ... READ MORE
Is Nancy good or bad??
This is a haunting story of three women who meet during the innocence of university, and begin to grow apart after they graduate. One of them, Nancy, is mu... READ MORE
A moving and engaging examination into the nature of female friendship
Published on 8th July by Orion, I am so stoked to be a part of the accompanying Compulsive Readers Tour for 'Perfect Strangers' by Araminta Hall (a.k.a Imp... READ MORE
Quiet place
Would recommend finding a quiet place or a long journey to really enjoy this book its told from 3 different angles so sometimes I found myself getting lost... READ MORE
A good read
Imperfect Women Araminta Hall
This book is divided into 3 sections, and I really enjoyed sections one and two, but felt the pace slowed down quite a lot... READ MORE
Slow burning gritty fascinating
I read this book in 3 parts thanks to TBConFB. Part one is Eleanors story where we meet her and her two best friends Nancy and Mary. The three women met at... READ MORE
Easy mystery read
I read Imperfect Women by Araminta Hall as part of an online read along in 3 parts with TBC 'The Book Club'.
To do justice to the book I think the read al... READ MORE
Love, Lies, friendship and death
This is very slow burn mystery, surrounding the lives of 3 women and the tragic death of one of them. It features love, lies and friendship in its quest to... READ MORE
You never really know anyone
When Nancy is found murdered her two best friends struggle to comprehend the situation. Who killed her? Her devoted husband, mother and daughter cannot cop... READ MORE
What happened to Nancy?
Thank you Netgalley for this ARC copy.
When I read the blurb for Imperfect Women I was really looking forward to it.
Nancy, Mary and Eleanor met at univ... READ MORE
Friendships, relationships and betrayal
Eleanor is woken early in the morning by Richard, her friend Nancy’s husband, he is in a state saying that Nancy has failed to return home that evening. E... READ MORE
Very well written
Mary, Eleanor and Nancy have been friends since university days nearly thirty years ago. Nancy appears to be happily married to Robert and Mary is unhappil... READ MORE
Not your usual thriller
Although this book claims to be a thriller, it didn't really seem to fit that genre for me. I found the plot quite predictable, having foreseen the ending ... READ MORE
Accepting we're all imperfect women
Imperfect Women is a fascinating story about the ties that bind, and the reality of life as a woman searching to find her place in the world. Nancy, Eleano... READ MORE
Plenty of twists and turns here!
Murder mystery? Family saga? Psychological drama? Relationship explorer.? This book is all of those, and overall manages to keep a hold on each of the str... READ MORE
Enjoyable start but loses its way
I really enjoyed the author's writing style and the first part of this book with Eleanor's story but found Nancy and Mary less convincing, and Howard's re... READ MORE
Fantastic
Oh my goodness this was an outstandingly brilliant book. I was completely hooked from the start. I should add I listened to the audio version. After a fe... READ MORE
Friends or Foes!
Imperfect Women follows the story of three friends: Eleanor, Nancy and Mary.
Nancy is viciously killed, and hidden secrets between the friends are reveale... READ MORE
A thought-provoking and absorbing study of female friendship.
To describe ‘Imperfect Women’ as a murder mystery or a psychological thriller is to miss the heart of this novel. It is a thought-provoking and absorbing ... READ MORE
A great blend of psychological thriller and crime fiction that had me gripped.
This is the story of three women, Eleanor, Nancy and Mary. Three intelligent but imperfect women.
Having meet at university they have all taken a differen... READ MORE
A fabulous tale of flawed but strong women
Imperfect women
Told from the points of view from the three main characters. The story starts with Eleanor. I found this chapter to be a bit slow, but it really worth carr... READ MORE
Enjoyable
I really enjoyed reading this book. The story revolves around three friends and how life changed the dynamics in their friendship as time went on. I think ... READ MORE
Intriguing mystery with feminist aspects
Imperfect Women is the story of 3 friends who meet at University and focuses on the murder of one of the women and the search for the truth of what happene... READ MORE
Lacking action and predictable
This is my first ever book review on a book I did not enjoy, so please forgive me if this sounds a bit harsh.
I didn't particularly like the characters in... READ MORE
A character driven intrigue
Nancy is murdered - leaving behind her husband, her daughter, two best friends, a mystery lover and the massive question - who killed her and why?
This... READ MORE
A fabulous tale of flawed women and the strength of friendship
A fabulous tale of flawed women bound by friendship
I read this book as part of a Readalong. The story came in three parts, which fitted perfectly with the structure of the book, written from three long-stan... READ MORE
Imperfect
This, like its title, isn't perfect and I did struggle to see this book to the end. I did though as this book throws up questions which I needed answered.
... READ MORE
A Slow Burning Domestic Noir with Intriguing Themes
This novel, in three parts, tells the story of three “Imperfect Women” and a situation that had them all questioning who they were and their place in the w... READ MORE
Friendship and feminism
Thoroughly enjoyed "Imperfect Women" and will be reflecting on it for some time. Araminta Hall's story of female friendship, relationships, love, lust, sec... READ MORE
Great thrilling ride
This book kept me interested and gripped from the beginning. Just when I thought I had something figured out a new twist would occur. I enjoyed how the boo... READ MORE
One twist after another
This story is nicely structured, each of three parts told from the perspective of Eleanor, Nancy and Mary; a bombshell is dropped right in the centre and t... READ MORE
Strong flawed women
I’m not sure if I came to this book with false preconceptions however I was expecting a thriller but found myself reading a book about friendships and rela... READ MORE
Complex storytelling brilliantly executed and three dimensional characters that leap off the page
There’s a reason everyone is talking about this book. It’s quite simple really, it is a fabulous read. Though it has a murder at its core, the book is actu... READ MORE
Interesting take on female friendship and life choices
I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
Eleanor, Nancy and Mary have been best friends since meeting at university, and th... READ MORE
A thought-provoking, deeply complex read
I read this book as part of a read-along event over the course of three weeks in exchange for an honest review, and in reading it this way I got to see the... READ MORE
Disappointing
This book is the story of 3 women, Eleanor, Nancy and Mary, who had been best friends since university. It was divided into 3 sections, one from the viewpo... READ MORE
Could have been so much more
I was given the opportunity to read this book early over a period of three weeks with The Book Club. It started off really really well and I was very suck... READ MORE
A Stunning Novel
Imperfect Women is my first novel by Araminta Hall and I really liked this dark exploration into the lives of three women who met at university.
Nancy Hen... READ MORE