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The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

128 reviews

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This is the first time ever that I’ve read a LOT of other reviews before deciding on my final feelings. I went into this blind, because that seemed to be the recommendation and also my preference with most books anyways. I was expecting horror/thriller/possibly speculative fiction? And I don’t think it’s any of those, which perhaps leads to me feeling a little disappointed. If I had to assign a genre I guess would call it psychological mystery. It’s a very slow build, and there are very few horror or thriller elements here. I guessed the “big twist” about 3 chapters in, but the final reveal I did not expect. 

After reading more reviews from people i follow, it seems like it is widely agreed that going in blind was definitely best, and i agree, and that most of the 5 star reviews I see are upon SECOND read. Which makes a lot of sense. I would probably give this 3.75… it is REALLY hard to talk about this without spoilers. Up until the last few chapters, I had some serious qualms with the representation here and how it could be damaging. I fear that because of the way it’s written, this could be triggering and people would not understand the full story or even finish it, so even though I can retract my claws (pun intended) I think the damage can still be done. I will attempt a second read at some point and see if my feelings change. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Blood, Self harm, Drug use, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, and Suicide attempt

elle_e_d_light's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

I really don't know how I felt about this book. I gotta think on it some more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Death, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Death of parent

pagesandplanets's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Confinement, Child death, Mental illness, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

kimberwitch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Mental illness, Murder, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

hebrideanreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Torture, Blood, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, and Emotional abuse

chloseencounter's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book began in a way that I thought I knew exactly where it was going to go but flipped so I could’ve never predicted what would happen. When you intake so much horror it can all start to feel similar and I’m impressed with what this story accomplished. I was drawn in by the POV of a cat but enjoyed this read more than I could’ve ever anticipated. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Alcohol, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, Violence, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

terrestrial_river's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child death, Addiction, Death, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Suicide, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Medical content and Abandonment

uchihas's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Genuinely the first TikTok recommendation I’ve enjoyed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Blood, and Mental illness

Moderate: Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Death of parent, Murder, Child death, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Suicide

namielle's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Wow. If you want a book that leaves you thinking, “Wait, what?”, The Last House on Needless Street will be a perfect read for you. 

I will say that when I was looking at this book online, I saw that it was always categorized as “horror.” I don’t think this is very accurate, as I didn’t find myself feeling scared at all, but it was very suspenseful. It’s a minor distinction, I know, but the book didn’t live up to those “horror” expectations I had for it. 

It’s also very hard to write a review, as I think that this book is best experienced knowing as little about it as possible. Things are written in a very surreal and kind of dreamlike style at times, and as the reader, I was often unsure if things were actually happening. All of that does pay off in the end though, so try to stick it out if you feel like you’re starting to get bogged down! I was satisfied with the conclusion, and I felt like all of the loose ends were tied up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Animal death

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicide

ciarrareads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 This was, absolutely, insanely, wild.

What a ride. I have no idea how to describe this book. A lot of the times when people say "go in knowing nothing," I brush that off because I always at least read the back cover/description. But honestly, nothing will prepare you for this.

It's creepy, it's surprising, it's.... I don't want to say confusing?! Is confounding the right word?!

You're not going to know what's happening for like 75% of this book, but the ride is so much fun.

Absolutely read this. And I will be reading more of Catriona Ward very soon. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Murder, Alcoholism, Death, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Body horror, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail