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There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

24 reviews

abbiemreads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This book was gruesome and entertaining, it had all the elements of a good slasher but the killer reveal didn’t have a good twist, it fell a bit flat for me. The motivation wasn’t as built up as I would have liked either as it’s just kind of explained with a line at the end and not much more? The main characters past was also set up as a huge plot point but didn’t seem to have high-stakes or really help with the killer plot, which is an interesting twist, but the motivation really just needed more time. 
Good characters, written to captivate and overall very fun, but I wanted more explanation around it all. 
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lillian08's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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bookishgoob's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

“People live through such pain only once; pain comes again, but finds a tougher surface.” the creepiness of this book starts IMMEDIATELY. some parts were slow but this book kept me entertained throughout. the reveal happens about a little more than half way through which i didn’t know if i liked, but i actually did enjoy reading about how they handled knowing who the killer was rather than having the book end after finding out who the killer was. this author is well known for romance, so there is a sweet aspect of romance between the main character and another. some of the scenes very truly captured the feeling off a crispy cold fall in the midwest and that made my heart happy. it’s a great read for if you want to read a scary book but aren’t too prepared to actually be fully scared. it’s got scary elements but it isn’t horrifying. overall, i’ll give it a 3.5/5. i didn’t hate it, i actually really liked it, but i don’t think i liked it enough to rate it a full 4. 
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charlsbookshelves's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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haileyyfin's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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voidboi's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

When this book was announced, I felt some disappointment that one of my favorite YA authors was moving into a genre that I wasn't particularly interested in, and I never got around to reading it. In retrospect, I'm glad that I didn't, because now I was able to read it with a fairly newfound appreciation for horror and slashers. This book is suspenseful and gory, but it still has qualities of Stephanie Perkins' work that I have always loved- Makani is real, relatable, flawed, and self-aware just as the author's heroines always are (which I found particularly refreshing and comforting as a teenager, because I always knew she took her readers seriously), but she's distinctly her own self. The honesty in how the romance is approached, by the characters and in the writing, feels particularly strong for the genre, again in line with Stephanie's track record. I didn't feel quite the same "swept off my feet" emotions as I did with Anna, Lola, and Isla, probably because it was replaced by apprehension and paranoia- I couldn't quite trust anything for the majority of the book. That said, I think the relationship was developed incredibly well, and I was utterly engrossed. 

I do have a few complaints. I felt that Darby and Alex were underdeveloped and somewhat cartoon-y, and I wish they'd gotten past that before the end. I also thought that the reveal of Makani's past was a bit anti-climactic. Reading about what she'd been put through was horrific (though a bit weirdly formatted), but in the end what she actually did just paled in comparison to to actual bad things in her past and present, and it seemed unrealistic that the response would have been so world-ending for her.
Honestly, if Jasmine had actually died I think it would have hit home, and created a stronger conflict between victimhood and guilt.
And the end of the book felt very abrupt. It needed either a little less or a little more resolution.

This was a great spooky season read, and I'm so glad Steph Perkins was able to write this. Her voice is perfect for the messy and dark parts of adolescence. 
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angelicathebookworm's review against another edition

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mysterious tense fast-paced

3.0

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caidyn's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Better than I thought it'd be! I don't know if I'd ever reread it, but it was enjoyable and very quick. It only took me a few hours to read it. This keeps getting compared to Scream, but I didn't think it was as smart (or satirical) as those movies. Still fine, but not amazing.
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okaynextcrisis's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Entertaining but the mystery is over too soon 
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gobo5519's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Overall, i enjoyed this book. I love the chilling, cold Nebraska atmosphere that the author created. The death scenes were also super intense and a few of them *actually* scared me. The only things that I didn’t enjoy was the slow beginning (which felt more like a romance than a horror) and the dialogue. Sorry, but teenagers really don’t talk like that lol. Overall, I enjoyed!!!
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