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The Spare Room

Andrea Bartz

3.04 AVERAGE

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luj_eng08's review

3.0

3.5* My girl Ms. Bartz has another banger! I would’ve given a higher score but Kelly is such a “pick me” and so damn annoying that there were times I wanted to scream. I mean damn girl, where the hell is your self esteem?!? Why are you allowing others to determine your worth?!? And who leaves one relationship and goes into a throuple?!? There was just a lot happening. I did like the overall plot and didn’t see the twist, HOWEVER the end was just nonsensical. Like what?? Huh?!? That’s it…?? Give it a read, and I would recommend doing a buddy read because you’ll want to talk about it for sure.
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basicbeereads's review

3.5
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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briannapollard's review

4.5
dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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tneidich's review

5.0

This one kept me guessing, right up until the end.
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detrasystem's review

3.75
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

marissacon's review

3.25
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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hakes_caitlyn's review

4.0

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House for this ARC!

This book was so fun and chaotic-I couldn’t stop reading because I had to find out what came next. I loved this authors previous book which drew me to this one and it had the same twisty vibes with much more sultry vibes. I was guessing right up to the end and read it in 24 hours. I highly recommend this one!
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alicebv1995's review

3.0

I have a lot of mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, it was an interesting set up and not something I had read before. I also thought it was very twisty and kept me guessing through most of it, which is important to me in a thriller. However the main character is absolutely insufferable. I couldn’t stand her perspective. Her relationship with Nathan and Sabrina went from 0 to 100 so fast and her possessiveness over people she’d just met felt very immature and unrealistic. Kelly, the FMC, is a million millennial woman tropes wrapped up in one obnoxious package, and there were multiple times where I almost DNFed the book because I couldn’t stand her perspective and didn’t want to keep reading. I’m glad I pushed through because the ending was wild, but I just couldn’t jive with Kelly. On a personal note, I think I’m just not ready for stories about the pandemic yet. They feel too close and too real still after the horrors of 2020, so I think I’ll be steering clear of books set during a COVID for a while.

khermann912's review

3.75
adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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badger5815's review

3.0
dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes