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bookish_withsky's review
3.0
At first glance, this is a quick and fun read. The thought of waking up being sure that someone is in your room or in your house while you're sleeping is absolutely terrifying. But, Alice is annoying and hard to sympathize with in a lot of situations and makes little to no sense once I started thinking about it too hard. A good read, but not an insanely interesting and twisty one.
plantladyreader's review against another edition
4.0
Talk about a twisted, suspense-filled thriller! I had never read anything by this author before, but after enjoying this one so much I think I'll check out some more of her work!
Alice and Leo move in to a newly renovated house inside a gated community called The Circle. However, not everyone is happy to see new faces around. As Alice struggles to make friends with her neighbours, she discovers something disturbing about her new house. Driven to discover what really happened to the woman who lived there before causes Alice to question everyone around her. Why do her neighbours not want to talk about it? Why can she see so much of herself in Nina before she died? What other secrets has Leo been keeping from her, besides the morbid history of her new home? As Alice pulls at the thread of this troubling tale, she neglects to see just how much danger she's really in.
Paris was really great at making everyone around Alice have their moments of being a suspect. I was initially reading and finding myself saying "oh it's gotta be this guy!" multiple times, before I finally landed on the correct character. While I figured it out slightly before the big reveal, it took nothing away from the story for me. I was still invested in Alice and her quest to discover what really happened in her home, and whether one of her neighbours could really be involved. Definitely an enjoyable, suspenseful read!
Alice and Leo move in to a newly renovated house inside a gated community called The Circle. However, not everyone is happy to see new faces around. As Alice struggles to make friends with her neighbours, she discovers something disturbing about her new house. Driven to discover what really happened to the woman who lived there before causes Alice to question everyone around her. Why do her neighbours not want to talk about it? Why can she see so much of herself in Nina before she died? What other secrets has Leo been keeping from her, besides the morbid history of her new home? As Alice pulls at the thread of this troubling tale, she neglects to see just how much danger she's really in.
Paris was really great at making everyone around Alice have their moments of being a suspect. I was initially reading and finding myself saying "oh it's gotta be this guy!" multiple times, before I finally landed on the correct character. While I figured it out slightly before the big reveal, it took nothing away from the story for me. I was still invested in Alice and her quest to discover what really happened in her home, and whether one of her neighbours could really be involved. Definitely an enjoyable, suspenseful read!
leasa's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
marleens's review against another edition
Dnf after 3 chapters. I was slightly interested because of the blurb but the first few chapters did not have any excitement and in my opinion a thriller should do something at the start to at least grip the reader. The writing style is not really for me and looking at other reviews I will probably just spend the whole book being annoyed at the MC, so it’s a nope.
lurker_stalker's review against another edition
4.0
I'm pretty sure I've read all of B. A. Paris's books (I'll have to double-check that) and she definitely does domestic thrillers well. I wasn't sure how I'd feel about this book by the end because I was getting fairly annoyed with Alice and her wishy-washiness and Leo's behavior which was taking me down the path of thinking this was just another very formulaic domestic thriller. Sometimes I think I have to quit reading them because either the stories are too similar to others or too over-the-top to be believed.
The Therapist did push my BS meter a bit but, overall, I'm a satisfied reader. There were lots of twists and turns and suspicious people to keep me guessing. And the narrator for the audiobook did a fine job. I don't want to write much about the actual plot or anything like that so suffice it to say that if you're a fan of the genre and/or you've enjoyed any of the author's previous offerings, I feel confident that you'll also like this one.
Big thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for hooking me up with an audiobook copy for review!
The Therapist did push my BS meter a bit but, overall, I'm a satisfied reader. There were lots of twists and turns and suspicious people to keep me guessing. And the narrator for the audiobook did a fine job. I don't want to write much about the actual plot or anything like that so suffice it to say that if you're a fan of the genre and/or you've enjoyed any of the author's previous offerings, I feel confident that you'll also like this one.
Big thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for hooking me up with an audiobook copy for review!
bblue's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
kbrooks11's review
4.0
4.5⭐️
Listened on Hoopla app and was so engaging to listen to and had a great twist at the end!! I do feel like BA Paris has some extra fluff detail in their writing style but the plot line grips your attention so well that it’s not super noticeable
Listened on Hoopla app and was so engaging to listen to and had a great twist at the end!! I do feel like BA Paris has some extra fluff detail in their writing style but the plot line grips your attention so well that it’s not super noticeable