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suneaters's review against another edition
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This book made me super bummed. I thought it would be a fun mystery but it left me contemplating my own mortality. Also kind of ridiculous that that many insane lunatics happened to live in the building.
The end where you find out Luke ended up killing her…so she wouldn’t leave? When he meant to scare her? Was honestly weird and unsatisfying. I buy it, but it wasn’t satisfying. And then we find out Will actually killed Jay after stalking him and Kae/Rachel for some time was meh. Why is he even here then was never really answered. Glad Melody made it out ok, but how she did escape Oliver wasn’t really mentioned.
A lot of the apartment dwellers weren’t super memorable aside from Alexei, Clark, and Sabryna. The French people were just depressing. Catalina was a good character though and I enjoyed her.
A lot of the apartment dwellers weren’t super memorable aside from Alexei, Clark, and Sabryna. The French people were just depressing. Catalina was a good character though and I enjoyed her.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Child death, Self harm, Blood, Grief, and Car accident
connorjdaley's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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
4.0
Received the audio through NetGalley, and I thought that Rachel Fulginiti did a great job with this.
This was a unique story for me. I was for the most part pulled in by the cover, so I did not give the blurb a read. I’m not sure what I was expecting, but it was not for the main character to be murdered in the very beginning of the story! I guess I thought with the book’s title that it would be about her being haunted, not killed and becoming a ghost! (FYI, that is revealed in the blurb, so not me spoiling). So, it was a nice surprise and worked for me as a plot twist.
The main character is believable and relatable. Her grief and paranoia has pushed her to become a complete agoraphobe inside her well secured apartment complex. Even though she completely cuts herself off from the outside, it’s not enough to keep her safe. Nothing is. I didn’t really feel like that was creepy while listening to it, but now that I’m writing it out it surely does.
The author does a great job subverting a lot of the expectations around paranormal activity—what a ghost can do, and can not do, may surprise you a lot. It is much more along the lines of someone normal trapped in the in between of life and death, than it is like a malignant spirit in movies.
The author weaves a very twisting story, where every character, and every interaction, may lead to another clue or even another mystery. My only gripe is I did feel like this went on to the point where the main character’s story is a little less mysterious than I wished it would have been. Personally a 4/5* for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
amobrien's review
dark
mysterious
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
4.25
Thank you Netgalley for providing a digital ARC.
If you're in the mood for a paranormal thriller, I highly recommend The Ghosts of Thorwald Place. It's dark and tense with more than a few horror elements. The paranormal aspect is blended into the mystery well — sometimes when I'm reading a mystery, especially a domestic thriller, I feel like the addition of ghosts pulls away from the story, but this is a story that is 100% benefitted from it. There were some twists that I expected, but there were also many that completely surprised me. Overall, I found this to be a really interesting read, but I would recommend checking the content warnings before diving in.
If you're in the mood for a paranormal thriller, I highly recommend The Ghosts of Thorwald Place. It's dark and tense with more than a few horror elements. The paranormal aspect is blended into the mystery well — sometimes when I'm reading a mystery, especially a domestic thriller, I feel like the addition of ghosts pulls away from the story, but this is a story that is 100% benefitted from it. There were some twists that I expected, but there were also many that completely surprised me. Overall, I found this to be a really interesting read, but I would recommend checking the content warnings before diving in.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Mental illness, Blood, and Car accident
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