Reviews with content warning for Suicidal thoughts - There's Someone Inside Your House

I am so mad at myself for finishing this book. This had every reason to be a DNF, but I convinced myself that there was a huge twist coming and it never did.

The killer is revealed a little more than halfway in. I should’ve stopped there. But it was so early?! Surely it can’t be that simple? Alas, surely it can. And SO BORING and lackadaisical in the reveal too. For what? Oh, and the mysterious and dark and super top secret backstory of our main character that they hint towards the whole time? Huge let down, entirely irrelevant, and the actual core of the problem with that backstory is never addressed, at all, by any character even in the present. On top of that, all of the characters are unlikable (not in a good / on purpose way) or are completely random (as in, I don’t care about them or know anything about them) so the whole time you’re either like “ugh” or “who? Am I supposed to care?”

I feel so swindled. 1 star for the body horror and sorta graphic murdering, moderately impressive for a YA thriller.

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It's tense, it's challenging, and I ended up really liking the characters. Stephanie Perkins has a knack for making characters feel multi-dimensional in a short time, which is invaluable for the slasher genre. It makes the escapes feel earned, and the deaths feel like a true loss. I was surprised to learn that this was published before The Woods Are Always Watching, since I feel like this one avoids the pitfalls that bothered me in The Woods.

I hope we get to see more horror from Perkins in the future.

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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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