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The Pilot's Wife starts shortly after a woman finds out her pilot husband has died in the plane crash and takes place over the next few weeks, as more information unfolds about the circumstances of the crash and her husband's involvement in it. The book is mainly about her state of mind and involves only a few other characters: her daughter, a sympathetic representative of the airline who helps her adjust to the news and gradually provides more information, and her step-mother who mainly helps take care of the daughter during the event. And of course the husband, who is revealed through stories about their past. I found this book readable and interesting, but I didn't find myself deeply involved in the character, Kathryn, or even the story. As I learned about her relationship with her husband, the later stories seem inconsistent with the earlier ones and I found it hard to believe Kathryn would have had the impressions of her marriage she conveyed at first. The relationships with the other characters (especially her daughter and mother) were sketched only lightly. Despite the mystery aspects of the book, I didn't find it especially compelling. Somehow the book seemed a little sterile and single-focused, lacking the rich detail and interesting characters that I find most satisfying in a novel.
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