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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
Elle Fielding is a writer. Her first novel a roaring success with a six-figure advance and a second novel in the pipeline. Having built her dream home, and in the midst of a divorce, she is persuaded to rent it out on Airbnb during her trip to France. When she returns home, however, something doesn’t feel right. She starts to discover that not everything is how she left it. Is it all in her imagination, as she is repeatedly told, or has she let someone in to pick apart her past?
It has been some time since I felt the burning desires of an unputdownable book. Lucy Clarke has changed this with ‘You Let Me In’. I found myself reading at every tiny opportunity, every brief moment of free time. It’s one of those books that draws you in from the first page - the eagerness to finish takes hold and you find yourself still reading at 1am..
Lucy Clarke’s descriptions and gripping writing style allowed me to vividly imagine myself as Elle. I was living her sleepless nights, her insomnia, struggles and paranoia.
Watching her life crumble as she stressed and put everything in to finishing her second novel was fascinating. I felt every up, down and everything in between. The protagonist was so real in those pages that you couldn’t help but feel for her, root for her and make excuses for her.
A fantastic book which I am a little sad to have finished, but, on the up side, I’m hugely excited to go and read Lucy Clarke’s other novels!
Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins for providing me with an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
It has been some time since I felt the burning desires of an unputdownable book. Lucy Clarke has changed this with ‘You Let Me In’. I found myself reading at every tiny opportunity, every brief moment of free time. It’s one of those books that draws you in from the first page - the eagerness to finish takes hold and you find yourself still reading at 1am..
Lucy Clarke’s descriptions and gripping writing style allowed me to vividly imagine myself as Elle. I was living her sleepless nights, her insomnia, struggles and paranoia.
Watching her life crumble as she stressed and put everything in to finishing her second novel was fascinating. I felt every up, down and everything in between. The protagonist was so real in those pages that you couldn’t help but feel for her, root for her and make excuses for her.
A fantastic book which I am a little sad to have finished, but, on the up side, I’m hugely excited to go and read Lucy Clarke’s other novels!
Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins for providing me with an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
4⭐=Good.
Yay... I guessed correctly the perpetrator!
I was undecided if I should award three or four stars and finally plumped for four because of the ending, which I enjoyed.
Cleverly written and I liked how the front cover of this book was loosely tied into the plot.
The one thing that did grate on me in the first half of the book was the repetition of phrases. Was it bad editing or was it used for impact? If it was for impact, it didn't work for me.
If you like a reasonably fast paced psychological thriller , this one will keep you turning the pages.
Yay... I guessed correctly the perpetrator!
I was undecided if I should award three or four stars and finally plumped for four because of the ending, which I enjoyed.
Cleverly written and I liked how the front cover of this book was loosely tied into the plot.
The one thing that did grate on me in the first half of the book was the repetition of phrases. Was it bad editing or was it used for impact? If it was for impact, it didn't work for me.
If you like a reasonably fast paced psychological thriller , this one will keep you turning the pages.
Apesar de alguns momentos de menos acção, este foi mais uma óptima leitura deste ano.
É super cinematográfico, daria um filme fantástico :). Aquele final foi totalmente inesperado.
Gostei muito e aconselho sem reservas
É super cinematográfico, daria um filme fantástico :). Aquele final foi totalmente inesperado.
Gostei muito e aconselho sem reservas
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Note to self: NEVER rent out my house! Change all my keys and if anyone has a spare ask for it back! This is a classic your'e alone in the house but are you really? Did you lock that door, open that window or move that object? Has someone been here or is it all just your imagination? Elle is sure that someone is doing all these things to her but at the same time she has been under a lot of stress so it could all be in her head. This story is told in the present with glimpses back to Elles past where you are told about something that happened when she was a teen. It is also interspersed with glimpses of things through the perpetrators eyes as they are in her house. As the story progresses more of Elles secrets come out and you are given more reasons of why people could be doing this to her. While I did work out what was happening I didn't work it out too early on and there are enough red herrings that with each incident you realise it could be anyone.
Gripping thriller
Read this book as it was free on prime reading and I could not put it down.
A writer with a dark past telling others to "write what they know" I wonder how much Lucy Clarke put of herself into this book. The characters felt mostly realistic (even if there was a lot of drink driving) and I felt for Elle, her plight at being labelled as paranoid and how quickly that can all spiral out of control.
The ending was tense and satisfying.
Read this book as it was free on prime reading and I could not put it down.
A writer with a dark past telling others to "write what they know" I wonder how much Lucy Clarke put of herself into this book. The characters felt mostly realistic (even if there was a lot of drink driving) and I felt for Elle, her plight at being labelled as paranoid and how quickly that can all spiral out of control.
The ending was tense and satisfying.
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:
Yes