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The New House

Tess Stimson

3.84 AVERAGE

bethinamarie's review

4.0
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark mysterious tense medium-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

emwai's review

5.0
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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aniaonline's review

2.5
tense slow-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
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ptrmsschrs's review

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

3.5
challenging 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
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mm19's review

1.5
dark mysterious slow-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
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turnercm's review

5.0
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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

So. How do I begin?
This book started off so bad. Awful. The characters were bland and there was no plot.
On page 50? Where. Is. The. Plot. 
I was annoyed and wanted to DNF.
But then I was suddenly 50% in and everything started making sense. There was a plot afterall.
This is such a mind-bending psychological thriller following psychopaths and diving into what makes them.... psychotic. I had my suspicions of who the bad guy was, but I was wrong. However, this story was predictable, so I was not shocked with who the bad guy ended up being.
My main reason for 3 stars, though, is the ridiculous, over the top, super dramatic ending that had no business being that way. You definitely have to throw all plausibility out the window with this book. Still not sure if I loved that or hated it.
Overall, this was an OK read. It's fast, so if you're intrigued by psychopaths and 3-sentence summaries of books, go for it. Read this. In the end, it was enjoyable.

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