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lorj's review against another edition
3.0
I found this book so damn boring most of the way through. I've read that it's supposed to be an amazing suspenseful horror, but it just didn't have that effect on me. I did enjoy it though, hence the 3 stars. But I wouldn't really call it that horrifying.
estherbismarck's review against another edition
4.0
Empezó flojo y hasta pensé en abandonarlo en alguna ocasión, pero después hay un plot twist y la cosa se vuelve bastante turbia, y tiene un final apabullante.
bookshopgato's review
3.0
A family in boonies is plagued by disaster, but the culprit is within the unit. Twin boys, Niles and Holland, play and cause mischief with their family. However, bad things start happening until it escalates to a reckoning. There were scenes of animal cruelty that I thought were unnecessary. There is an unexpected twist towards the end of the book.
Rating: 3 / 5
Spoiler
It was interesting that his delusions were brought on by a game his grandmother had taught them.Rating: 3 / 5
danedivine's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
stephsj's review against another edition
5.0
Even though I guessed the plot early on, I still loved this novel and the masterful way it’s executed. While maybe the trope is a little played out now, you’ll never find anyone who does it as well as Tryon. This is a horror story set in the warm glow of a childhood enveloped in a loving, magical household. It sounds like an oxymoron, perhaps, but the dichotomy only deepens the horror.
knittyhiker's review against another edition
I tried so hard. Everyone says this book is it but I had such a hard time with the extreme detail in the absence of the plot moving forward. These days I have little patience and I really gave this one much effort. I may try again one day. We’ll see.
myweereads's review against another edition
5.0
“Beware when mad dogs lurk, for lurking they shall bite, and biting, shall bite again.”
Have you ever read a book which seems straight forward that leaves you hauntingly unsettled? Let me introduce you to The Other 😟
It’s the summer of 1932, the twins Niles and Holland Perry with their entire extended family are living in New England coping with the tragedy of the death of their father. Niles and Perry are close like most twins and they can to an extent read each other’s minds however they are also quite different. There are sudden deaths and freak accidents beginning to surface in this town. Grandmother Ada who came from Russia is a women full of wisdom and many tales. She looks after Niles and Holland and helps them with their mother.
After finishing the book I was back tracking and going through each character and looking for things I had missed to explain why I had not foreseen the ending. The characters all have strong personalities and the world through their eyes was written in such a way I felt I was there. Grandmother Ada after the twins is a prominent character. I was torn, I seen her as a sweet grandmother but also as a villain but mostly felt sorry for her. The twins have a unique bond but the main factor of the story is how well Niles is coping with grief and is he on the border of sane/insane. The story is chilling and haunting in a Shirley Jackson way. It is a psychological horror there’s no doubt however it requires a lot of patience from the reader. The first 2 parts are full of wonderful imagery with snippets of disturbing scenes like a dangling carrot in front of a rabbit to keep you reading 🙈 Part 3 hits you like a car crash. Everything comes to the forefront and all at once. It’s like a disturbing assault on the reader which is why it left me unsettled. I wanted to put the book down but I couldn’t, even though it fell that way I had to know what was happening. An unusual but clever way of telling a story of horror but as creepy as it was I enjoyed it at the end and again a five star read for me. 👍🏽
Have you ever read a book which seems straight forward that leaves you hauntingly unsettled? Let me introduce you to The Other 😟
It’s the summer of 1932, the twins Niles and Holland Perry with their entire extended family are living in New England coping with the tragedy of the death of their father. Niles and Perry are close like most twins and they can to an extent read each other’s minds however they are also quite different. There are sudden deaths and freak accidents beginning to surface in this town. Grandmother Ada who came from Russia is a women full of wisdom and many tales. She looks after Niles and Holland and helps them with their mother.
After finishing the book I was back tracking and going through each character and looking for things I had missed to explain why I had not foreseen the ending. The characters all have strong personalities and the world through their eyes was written in such a way I felt I was there. Grandmother Ada after the twins is a prominent character. I was torn, I seen her as a sweet grandmother but also as a villain but mostly felt sorry for her. The twins have a unique bond but the main factor of the story is how well Niles is coping with grief and is he on the border of sane/insane. The story is chilling and haunting in a Shirley Jackson way. It is a psychological horror there’s no doubt however it requires a lot of patience from the reader. The first 2 parts are full of wonderful imagery with snippets of disturbing scenes like a dangling carrot in front of a rabbit to keep you reading 🙈 Part 3 hits you like a car crash. Everything comes to the forefront and all at once. It’s like a disturbing assault on the reader which is why it left me unsettled. I wanted to put the book down but I couldn’t, even though it fell that way I had to know what was happening. An unusual but clever way of telling a story of horror but as creepy as it was I enjoyed it at the end and again a five star read for me. 👍🏽
cristinarivas88's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
bookshopvampire's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
paigepeploe's review against another edition
Main reason is I needed to return this to the library, but also I was more than halfway through the book and felt like nothing happened and there wasn’t much that compelled me to keep going.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death