982 reviews for:

The Spare Room

Andrea Bartz

3.04 AVERAGE

anuxr's review

3.75

mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

_thebookstermama_'s review

2.0

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Kelly is insufferable.

I had to keep checking to see if I was reading a thriller. The first part of the book was a bit of a drag and it definitely wasn't a thriller until the last tiny part- even then it wasn't that great of one. The drama seemed juvenile and the twists were "eh" at best.

I just don't think I was the right audience for this one.

kbrink's review

2.0

emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

everyday_dewey's review

3.0

dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

michelles_teaandreads's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

asteria_vei's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

ariiiibaby916's review

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DNF. Too much weird sex

elouise1029's review

3.75

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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The reviews for this one were not great but I decided to read it anyway because the concept was interesting to me. I think that maybe the threesome/throuple vibe was a bit too out there for people and I'll agree that it was not an example of ethical nonmonogamy BUT this was acknowledged towards the end. I also will admit that there were a lot of things going on here and the character development was pretty mediocre in my opinion but, despite all of that, this absolutely did leave me with my jaw on the floor. I NEVER saw the plot twist coming and was left asking WTF did I just read (which is my favorite way to finish a thriller)!

brookeblais2's review

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

booklifter's review

2.0

mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Nothing really happens for a long time and Kelly was so whiny and annoying I almost gave up.  And then the story to nowhere just kept going.  Not the biggest fan of it.