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3.45 AVERAGE
3.45 AVERAGE
Didn’t care about the plot or characters
What a spectacular opening!! Fiona comes home from a short holiday to find out that she is no longer the owner of her beautiful home and that a new family has moved in. This must be a mistake!!! In a panic, she tries to reach her estranged husband to sort this out, but Bram is nowhere to be found and no one knows where he is. Fiona will soon discover that Bram has lied to her and is not innocent of this outrageous crime, but she also has her secrets.
The book is written in Fi's perspective in a form of a podcast called "The Victim" and Bram's perspective in a form of a Word document. Both deliver their view and details of the events. The end of the book is equally as spectacular as the beginning. It really makes you think that as hard you plan to hide your crime... someone will find out eventually. This is one of my favourite books this year.
Thank you NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for this outstanding ARC of Our House by Louise Candlish. This book will be available at your favourite bookstore on August 7, 2018.
The book is written in Fi's perspective in a form of a podcast called "The Victim" and Bram's perspective in a form of a Word document. Both deliver their view and details of the events. The end of the book is equally as spectacular as the beginning. It really makes you think that as hard you plan to hide your crime... someone will find out eventually. This is one of my favourite books this year.
Thank you NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for this outstanding ARC of Our House by Louise Candlish. This book will be available at your favourite bookstore on August 7, 2018.
Read this poolside yesterday and 150 pages in realized I was very bored and didn't really care to find out what happened. Felt like it was dragging on and I just wasn't invested. Life is too short to waste time reading books you aren't into, so called it quits on this one and am moving on.
Our House by @louisecandlish
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Originally, I had rated this a five star read but on re-evaluation I decided to rate it a four star read for reasons I’ll go into. Our House is a thriller set in London, where a woman comes home one day to find someone else moving into her home. The home that she expected to find her ex-husband and children in.
It was a really gripping read, but it wasn’t the read I expected. The story follows a few different timings and flips between Fiona coming home, Fiona telling her story to a radio show later on and Fiona’s ex-husband writing his side of the story. I thought that the story would be about finding the children. I thought it would be a bit more of chase. That wasn’t where it went.
I liked the play on perspectives, flipping between the husband and wife. They both had strong enough voices to be clearly different. It also removed some of the surprises but then added more surprises that I hadn’t seen coming. The twist at the end went in a very different direction than I had thought. I figured out some parts of it, but not all of it.
The expectation I had going into this book wasn’t what I got, so I think the blurb sets it up to a different book than it is. Which is a shame because some of that expectation changed my reading experience. I could see this book being marketed differently- playing on the dual perspectives. “Two sides to every story”
The reason I ‘downgraded’ it to a four star was that when I compared it to some of my favourite thrillers like Gone Girl and The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle , this isn’t as good as them. It is a good thriller, it didn’t disappoint – but I would probably not read it again, or call it a stand out favourite.
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Originally, I had rated this a five star read but on re-evaluation I decided to rate it a four star read for reasons I’ll go into. Our House is a thriller set in London, where a woman comes home one day to find someone else moving into her home. The home that she expected to find her ex-husband and children in.
It was a really gripping read, but it wasn’t the read I expected. The story follows a few different timings and flips between Fiona coming home, Fiona telling her story to a radio show later on and Fiona’s ex-husband writing his side of the story. I thought that the story would be about finding the children. I thought it would be a bit more of chase. That wasn’t where it went.
I liked the play on perspectives, flipping between the husband and wife. They both had strong enough voices to be clearly different. It also removed some of the surprises but then added more surprises that I hadn’t seen coming. The twist at the end went in a very different direction than I had thought. I figured out some parts of it, but not all of it.
The expectation I had going into this book wasn’t what I got, so I think the blurb sets it up to a different book than it is. Which is a shame because some of that expectation changed my reading experience. I could see this book being marketed differently- playing on the dual perspectives. “Two sides to every story”
The reason I ‘downgraded’ it to a four star was that when I compared it to some of my favourite thrillers like Gone Girl and The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle , this isn’t as good as them. It is a good thriller, it didn’t disappoint – but I would probably not read it again, or call it a stand out favourite.
Her short break away with her new boyfriend ends with something Fiona Lawson was never prepared for, returning to Trinity Avenue to find someone else moving into her beloved house that she shared with her separated partner, and two boys. Her estranged husband, Bram, has conveniently disappeared, and it's left to Fiona to unravel just what happened and to try pull her life together from the pieces he left.
Fi retells her part of the story through a popular victim podcast, while we hear from Bram's side in a tell-all word document. Small snippets of present day goings on with the strangers that have moved into Fiona's home are gradually built upon between the twists and turns that Louise Candlish weaves.
Unfortunately for me, I found the pacing in the middle two thirds of the book slow and difficult to get through and it was a bit of a struggle to keep reading. Ultimately I'm glad I did though, because I did enjoy the detailed plot and how it all unfolded in the last few chapters. Still, there is still much to love about this story: the premise of the book is different from anything else I have read and I enjoyed trying to guess where things were going, and was pleased that while I was right on quite a few of the twists, there were still a couple that I didn't guess!
Overall this would be 3 out of 5 star read for me.
* This ebook ARC was provided by Simon & Schuster (Australia) through NetGalley for an honest review.
Fi retells her part of the story through a popular victim podcast, while we hear from Bram's side in a tell-all word document. Small snippets of present day goings on with the strangers that have moved into Fiona's home are gradually built upon between the twists and turns that Louise Candlish weaves.
Unfortunately for me, I found the pacing in the middle two thirds of the book slow and difficult to get through and it was a bit of a struggle to keep reading. Ultimately I'm glad I did though, because I did enjoy the detailed plot and how it all unfolded in the last few chapters. Still, there is still much to love about this story: the premise of the book is different from anything else I have read and I enjoyed trying to guess where things were going, and was pleased that while I was right on quite a few of the twists, there were still a couple that I didn't guess!
Overall this would be 3 out of 5 star read for me.
* This ebook ARC was provided by Simon & Schuster (Australia) through NetGalley for an honest review.
3.5 stars. At first I thought this would be a ghost story but I quickly realized that it wasn't. Was bit disappointed but not for long. It was good mystery and bit confusing and I didn't always knew what was going on but that was a good thing. Kept me guessing
Wow! So many twists and turns in this book! Several times I said “wow,” “what?!” as well as “oh no!” out loud. I even had to re-read a couple lines a couple different times to make sure I read correctly. I almost want to read this book again to see if I can pick up on anything since I know what happens. A little slow in some parts and can be tricky to keep up with what’s happening since it’s written from 2 POVs and over 6-8 month time period.
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes