This is an unusual story - disturbing at times and funny at others. Like other readers, I struggled to work out when the story was set - I pictured a 1950s Mrs Maisel in my head but I’m not sure that was right. I did enjoy it but it was a quick read and I was quite pleased about that! 3.5 stars

Mrs March goes on a journey, towards paranoia and madness! Laden with mystery, suspense and a nail-biting descent into horror, of course I couldn’t stop turning the pages! A fabulous debut!

Mrs March starts the book as an uptight wife of an author. She thinks the main character in her novelist husbands latest book is based on her. Due to this she slowly falls apart.

I found this quite an uncomfortable read as the other people around her seem to notice something is wrong but do nothing about it.

It wasn't at all what I expected. Its unpredictable, which is a good thing. I also wanted to find out what happened. However, I didn't enjoy it.

This was a totally original story, and a compelling one, I could not put it down. Mrs March (not her real name) has never read her husband's novels. Until she is told one day that the latest one is based on her. Indignant, she reads. and slips into a world of paranoia and delusions.

Incredible. This should win all the awards.

This is a strange book that is hard to believe is by a debut novelist. It is very well executed and the degeneration of the eponymous Mrs March is so well staged you almost want to reach out and shake her. We never learn her first name but the character is beautifully created. The book is almost a homage to Mrs Dalloway with many similarities but the genre is very different. And we do learn Mrs Dalloway’s first name.

"Mrs March murmured to herself. She was prone to rehearsing potential snippets of conversation; she liked feeling prepared."

"Paula called often to catch up with George. She never failed to ask after Mrs March, which Mrs March regarded as prying."

"Mrs March was greeted warmly (but not warmly enough she thought) by the receptionist."

George March is a famous author and his latest book has a central character, Johanna, who is a lady of loose morals. Mrs March goes every morning to her favourite bakery for olive bread. One morning the assistant in the bakery says she’s reading George’s book and asks if the lead is based on Mrs March. Horrified at the very idea, Mrs March abandons the shop and her shopping vowing never to return.

She forgets to give the day doorman his Christmas card and money and rushes down in a tizzy thrusting cash into his hand. When she calms down, she feels she’s embarrassed herself and can never now leave her flat before 3pm and shift change. A very particular kind of woman.

Her behaviour and choices are irrational (no spoilers here) and there are places where I cringed but the ending is well done and brilliantly executed. It will be interesting to see where Ms Feito goes from here.

I was given a copy of this book by Netgalley

Wow… this was so messed up, especially at the end. I couldn’t believe the twist that was thrown in a few pages from the end. I was hooked.

It gave me vibes of Ratched the Netflix show. It was dark, twisted and thrilling.

We are shown the journey of Mrs March and her paranoid when she is told something, making her think twice about herself and her husband.

It was a rollercoaster of a ride but absolutely excellently written! I’d highly recommend. Thank you @netgalley and Virginia for allowing me a copy of this book.

Liked this one even thou it’s very different from what I usually read, will be buying it for a few of my mates who I know will also enjoy 😊

Mrs March is a debut novel by Virginia Feto recounting the descent into madness of the titular Mrs March, a rampant Upper East Sider married to a writer. She is convinced that her husband is writing about her and is actually up to something. There is an interesting premise and a well constructed plot, the tone is light, mundane, comedic and certainly accomplished. I was expecting more depth and insights from this novel, either in the unreliable narrator, or as regards social criticism or in terms of psychological novel, while at times it seemed to remain at a superficial level as a recounting of a plot without leaving a deep mark. However, it does work as a page turner and am sure it will appeal to a wide audience. My thanks to the publisher for a review copy.

This was a real slow-burner of a book that does a great job of characterising the protagonist Mrs March. As the plot slowly unfolds we learn more about how her mind works and start to increasingly question her perspective and the truth she is telling us.

'Mrs March' follows the title character who is married to George March, a successful and popular author. The story begins with the publication of George's latest novel about a troubled prostitute and Mrs March suspecting that the character may have been based on her. This coincides with the murder of a young woman being covered on the news which leads Mrs March to question everything she thought she knew about her husband.

I loved the character of Mrs March. Her odd behaviour and unsettling thought patterns made for an entertaining and unpredictable read. However the plot was lacking a little bit for me. There are a number of plot threads that are competing for attention and I didn't feel they were explored or wrapped up satisfactorily by the end. I felt quite short-changed by the ending too as it was rushed and, despite being shocking, was also anti-climatic somehow too.

This is a promising debut novel though and I look forward to seeing future books from Virginia Feito.
Thank you to Netgalley and 4th Estate for the copy of this book.

I read this in one sitting after finding myself winding further and further into the paranoia and madness of Mrs March.
Very well written and not what I was expecting at all!
Mrs March is a character that you become totally immersed in. Is she crazy? Is it all in her head? It was fascinating to read and kept me pulled in until the end.

An unusual book. Couldn’t put it down though. Wanted to see where the main character would take us. This appears to me, to be a very cleverly written offering of the problems and pains of living with a mental health issue, maybe even a level of paranoia - particularly when that person isn’t aware of it.
It isn’t a heavy read though for all that. In fact, there are parts that had a tinge of humour about them.
Didn’t really expect the ending as it came. Kept waiting for it all to be part of her paranoia but….well, you’ll have to read it to know what I’m talking about.

This was an intriguing read with a memorable main character. It had a slightly confusing period feel to it despite the contemporary setting - I kept thinking the events were taking place in the 1950s or 60s - but I quite liked that. I enjoyed the blurring of reality and fiction in Mrs March's own troubled mind too.

Mrs March is a woman in her forties, seemingly happily married with a small son, but her life is about to descend into chaos when an unwitting comment appearing to liken her to the prostitute character in her husband's new book sends her into a spiral of self-despair. This is a masterly account of one woman's descent into madness, beautifully written with a taut, tense atmosphere, and very convincing. You live inside Mrs March's head and are never quite sure as to whether or not she is being gaslighted, or is truly disturbed.
Would I recommend it? I couldn't stop reading it, but I did find it very depressing. Mrs March, with her repressed manners and mannerisms, is not a particularly empathetic character, and even the hints of an unhappy childhood and teenage trauma that could excuse her current behaviour didn't help endear her to me.
On the other hand, the writing is excellent - this author truly knows how to tell a story, and you will be kept gripped to the final page.

I was not sure what to expect when I started this book, but soon found myself completely immersed in it, not wanting to stop reading.

Disturbing and at times darkly humorous Virginia Feito does a superb job of taking the reader inside the head of the protagonist, Mrs March, who is paranoid, delusional and quietly desperate.

It’s hard to believe this was the author’s debut novel as it is so well written and I look forward to her next book.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC.

Mrs March is a really clever, sinister and often disturbing character study which follows the demise and unravelling of our main protagonist. Within the pages of this slow burning literary psychological suspense novel we see Mrs March be slowly consumed by paranoia which bleeds into every moment of her being.

Feito cleverly plays with the unreliable narrator and unlikable character tropes which leads to a crawling, creeping sense of unease all the way through. Full of dramatic moments of puzzlement and deeply unsettling flashes of questioning, it is quite easy to feel Mrs March's paranoia encroaching on your own thoughts.

I switched between the eBook and audiobook and would definitely recommend the eBook over the audiobook. Unfortunately I felt some of the suspense was lost due to a quite monotone narration.

A slow burning, disturbing psychological character study for Shirley Jackson fans which will keep you questioning until the very last line.

3.5/5

An unusual book. Mrs March narrates this story and is overly obsessed with details of life and what others think about her , though also detached from those around her. You get the impression that she has some sort of mental illness. Her author husband has just produced a best seller, Mrs March is convinced that the main character, a prostitute, is based on herself.
I read the book with detachment too, wondering where it was going, disliking most of the characters.. Not a long book , but was hard going at times.
Thanks to Net Galley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review

Mrs March by Virginia Feito is a gripping character study that kept me thinking about it when I had to take a break from reading to do anything else. The book follows the eponymous Mrs March on a downward spiral from the heights of literary society as the spouse of a professor and author whose latest book has become a runaway critical and commercial success. As his wife she is proud of his success and the life that it affords her, a beautiful apartment on the Upper East Side with a housekeeper, shopping excursions and of course her beloved little boy. Her sense of comfort and belonging is jolted however when it is suggested that the main character in her husband's latest book, a bitter and pathetic sex worker. is based on her. Appalled by the thought she beings to spiral , wondering how many of her friends and neighbours believe this to be true, and her husband does little to reassure her when he tells her that the character is an amalgamation of many he has known, including her. The focus of the book is on Mrs March's internal life, which at times bears little or no resemblance to the real world, and as her apparently fragile grasp on reality starts to shatter we are left to wonder who she really is and what she might be capable of. She is something of an unreliable narrator, which I always enjoy. I was astounded to read that this was a debut book , it is written with such skill and assurance that I assumed the author was more experienced. This is a book that is hard to pin down and it certainly will not be to everyone's taste, but I for one certainly loved it.
I read and reviewed an ARC courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher , all opinions are my own.

Wow I just loved this
Great character , awesome spiral of a mind unravelling
I was like but hey how on Earth did she come to that conclusion ,to the point I even read back and then realised I hadn’t missed anything ,it was the style of her thinking and that’s cause she’s just full of a lot of hypothetical maybes that she believes …..is she right ?
Wonderful portrayal of illness or is it a portrayal of darker secrets that are uncomfortably close to her and I thoroughly liked it .
I will read another hungrily of this author
Four stars as a debut and well written on how one can lose one’s reality
Ty so much netgalley and publishers for this advanced copy

Mrs March is married to a successful author but it is a fairly loveless marriage. She cares more about her status and what others think of her than about her husband. Although she hasn’t read his most recent best seller comments by others make her worry the main character may be based on her, not in a good way! She becomes more self obsessed and unstable and there is not a happy ending! A good read.

This is a very hyped up book, which admittedly contains some excellent prose, and I felt almost pressured to admire it from all the gushing reviews. However, I reached about 25% and just had no further interest in reading any more. Being trapped in the mind of an unhappy woman can work in fiction, but this was too claustrophobic and the old "unreliable narrator" thing has been done to death. I just found it boring. I wanted to like it, but just didn't want to read it anymore.