Take a photo of a barcode or cover
3.41 AVERAGE
3.41 AVERAGE
dark
medium-paced
Escuché el audiolibro de este libro ya que desde hace mucho quería entrar a esto de los audiolibros y los libros de suspenso se veían como la mejor opción, debido a que tengo problemas de concentracion y no me equivoqué.
A diferencia de los libros físicos o en digital, los audiolibros los puedo escuchar incluso cuando estoy descansando la vista y, a pesar de que hubo partes en donde tuve que retroceder un poco la historia (porque mi concentración se iba), me lo terminé bastante rápido.
La historia engancha bastante y te mantiene con el suspenso durante todo el libro, sin embargo, la trama es predecible. A pesar de eso, disfruté la primera parte del libro y también me sorprendió bastante el plot twist ya para el final del libro.
A diferencia de los libros físicos o en digital, los audiolibros los puedo escuchar incluso cuando estoy descansando la vista y, a pesar de que hubo partes en donde tuve que retroceder un poco la historia (porque mi concentración se iba), me lo terminé bastante rápido.
La historia engancha bastante y te mantiene con el suspenso durante todo el libro, sin embargo, la trama es predecible. A pesar de eso, disfruté la primera parte del libro y también me sorprendió bastante el plot twist ya para el final del libro.
I didn't love it, but I didn't dislike it either.
Karen Krupp wakes up in hospital to find that she's had a serious car crash in the worst part of town. Things aren't adding up, and someone has turned up dead... What's going on?
It's a classic crime thriller. I found the characters lacked depth and I didn't actually like anyone in this book. Brigid was stupid, Tom was spineless, and Karen was just plain annoying.
It wasn't terribly hard to read, but I didn't feel that pull when I put the book down to immediately pick it back up and devour the pages. That's always a little bit sad.
After Shari Lapena's first book I was expecting big things. I was a little disappointed but overall it wasn't a terrible book. The Couple Next Door will remain her best book so far.
Karen Krupp wakes up in hospital to find that she's had a serious car crash in the worst part of town. Things aren't adding up, and someone has turned up dead... What's going on?
It's a classic crime thriller. I found the characters lacked depth and I didn't actually like anyone in this book. Brigid was stupid, Tom was spineless, and Karen was just plain annoying.
It wasn't terribly hard to read, but I didn't feel that pull when I put the book down to immediately pick it back up and devour the pages. That's always a little bit sad.
After Shari Lapena's first book I was expecting big things. I was a little disappointed but overall it wasn't a terrible book. The Couple Next Door will remain her best book so far.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Shari Lapena is a phenomenal writer and I've loved every book of hers I've read so far. A Stranger in the House is not the exception. While Lapena's plot twists are there and her writing in amazing (especially with the change in point of views), I just don't think that this is my favorite book of hers. It has nothing to do with her writing or anything, I just didn't get quite as obsessed as I did with her other books.
A really quick read with a cool plot. I found that the ending was kind of predictable.
So I'm learning that first and foremost, Shari Lapena loves open endings that are super creepy. I like that her novels are very fast paced and are constantly switching perspective and revealing new information, but I'm never as shocked as I would like. It's like she just rearranges the facts and waits for you to catch up, and then rearranges them again. I did really like the reappearance of Detective Rasbach from "The Couple Next Door" and I hope that he continues to feature in her books, since of course I'm going to keep reading Lapena's work!
Wasn't anything special throughout most of the book, but the ending was solid and made up for my meh feelings throughout. Solid thriller for those starting to dabble in the genre
Rating 3.5/5
This was my first Shari Lapena, and I quite enjoyed my reading experience because I found it fairly multi-layered.
At first, you find yourself engrossed by the initial conflict: Karen, a loving housewife, has wrecked her car in a bad part of town, a part she had no reason for being in, after driving extremely recklessly. Apparently, she fled her house in a rush with no cell, no purse, and the end of that excursion left her car totaled and her in the hospital. Tom, her husband, cannot believe what has happened as this is so out of character for her.
It further escalates when the police seem to find a connection between Karen a murder victim that was found near where Karen wrecked her car. Karen doesn't remember anything about that night, but she and Tom find their lives turned upside down as Karen becomes the main suspect in a murder investigation and Tom realizes his wife may not be who she says she is.
Meanwhile, there is some trouble brewing just across the street, trouble that may cause more conflict for Tom and Karen, not to mention all of the secrets that Karen is hiding.
Who is the dead man? Did Karen really kill him? What caused her to rush out of her house that night? All of these questions are answered slowly throughout the book leaving a slight little twist at the end that wasn't necessarily mind-blowing, but quite a bit devious.
I am definitely interested in reading more from this author!
This was my first Shari Lapena, and I quite enjoyed my reading experience because I found it fairly multi-layered.
At first, you find yourself engrossed by the initial conflict: Karen, a loving housewife, has wrecked her car in a bad part of town, a part she had no reason for being in, after driving extremely recklessly. Apparently, she fled her house in a rush with no cell, no purse, and the end of that excursion left her car totaled and her in the hospital. Tom, her husband, cannot believe what has happened as this is so out of character for her.
It further escalates when the police seem to find a connection between Karen a murder victim that was found near where Karen wrecked her car. Karen doesn't remember anything about that night, but she and Tom find their lives turned upside down as Karen becomes the main suspect in a murder investigation and Tom realizes his wife may not be who she says she is.
Meanwhile, there is some trouble brewing just across the street, trouble that may cause more conflict for Tom and Karen, not to mention all of the secrets that Karen is hiding.
Who is the dead man? Did Karen really kill him? What caused her to rush out of her house that night? All of these questions are answered slowly throughout the book leaving a slight little twist at the end that wasn't necessarily mind-blowing, but quite a bit devious.
I am definitely interested in reading more from this author!