House of a Thousand Lies by Cody Luke Davis

3.15 AVERAGE

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nixbix_reads's review

5.0
Based on the description, I was really looking forward to reading this book. I was a little worried that I’d built it up too much but it exceeded my expectations! This was a dark & twisted tale of family gone wrong and the consequences that follow. I thought it was expertly crafted, with reveals slowly pulling you in to make you realise how rotten the Wolf family really was. I loved the multiple points of view over different time periods - they made me keep guessing as to what was going on and who was doing it. Once you get into it, you start to see how everything links together, and it starts building up speed to an epic conclusion - parts of which had me yelling at the book! This was a fantastic debut & I can’t wait to see what Cody Luke Davis does next.

Thanks to Crooked Lane Books & NetGalley for the DRC in exchange for an honest review.

skinlaced's review

4.0
dark tense medium-paced

restinprose's review

3.75
dark mysterious fast-paced
Lots of characters and moves at a breakneck pace. Not sure I'm super satisfied with the ending, but this was a crazy conspiracy/crime plot with such people up to so much no good. Interested to see what Davis does next!
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annarella's review

4.0
I think it's a good debut, a very dark and twisty story that brought me to very dark places and kept me on the edge.
There's a lot of potential and I think it's an interesting book even if a bit overcrowded at times.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

arnoldad1's review

2.75
dark slow-paced

dernhelms_bag's review

3.0
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Some big ups and downs here. 

There were a number of substantial wtf things not addressed at all like
the moms "friend" who sleeps with not only her husband but also her son????? For no apparent reason?
And the biggest thing about the ending is just???? 

It WAS a gripping one sitting read just many things were unsatisfying and never actually explored. 

insatiablewanderlust's review

2.0
challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
I really struggled with this book. It was like reading a very rough draft of a paper trying to meet a word count. It seemed very chaotic and all over the place. There were a lot of things that didn't make sense and never got explained. I did like the story once the "email" got involved and the hunt for the door. The story really started to pick up and I was hopeful, but then it all just fell apart again. This book just wasn't for me. However, if you're into that chaotic, unreliable narrator thriller it might be a good choice for you. 
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herthrillingreads's review

2.5
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Overall, I did not enjoy this ARC that I read from @netgalley.
There were some pros:
• A look into a serial killer and his family life
• Fast paced
• Plot was interesting
However, the cons outweigh the pros:
• Not one likable character
• The ending did not tie up any of the plot lines, but was not big enough of a cliffhanger that it would make me want to read a second book.
• There were too many plot lines going on at the end of the book
• Some may find some of the descriptions or use of language to be too disturbing.

Thank you @netgalley and @crookedlanebooks for allowing me to read this book ahead of publication in exchange for my honest review.
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pages_everlasting's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced