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The Quiet Tenant by Clémence Michallon

boehmk's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

davidnc445's review against another edition

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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? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

agoler's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

4.5

triciaharris72's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

all_things_dani's review against another edition

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

4.0

** Audio via Libby**

4 Stars

This is one of those slow builds (which I enjoy). 

I was pulled in from the beginning, I kept needing more. 

Main Players: You have a woman kept in captivity for years, her serial killer captor, his daughter, and his crazy stalker. 

POV's - Women in the shed, Emily, Cecilia........and other women he has killed. 

I really liked the structure of this book. You come right into the POV of "Women in the Shed" and then eventually you learn how she got there. Emily's POV you aren't sure of her purpose until, you do. 

This is not action-y, this is not fast paced.  But I still think this was quite suspenseful and tense.

I think if you like The Silent Patient, you would like this.

What would have made this 5 stars would have bill Aidan's pov.

floreadzik's review against another edition

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dark 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? It's complicated

2.5

emrose311's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

altbauleserinberlin's review against another edition

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4.0

Wow. Ich lese normalerweise keine Krimis oder Bücher mit Spannung, aber irgendwie hat es mir der rote Farbverschnitt angetan.
Vor kurzer Zeit habe ich bereits ein Buch gelesen mit ähnlicher Ausgangslage und fand es furchtbar. Als ich dieses Buch anfing, war ich mir sicher, es würde wieder gleich enden. Das war aber eine massive Fehleinschätzung, denn dieses Buch ist ein wahres Meisterwerk. „Das Gästezimmer“ ist das, was „Wenn sie wüsste“ (Freida McFadden) sein will. In diesem fast 450 Seiten langen Buch wird eine fesselnde Geschichte erzählt, die nicht nur inhaltlich, sondern auch literarisch in jeglicher Hinsicht überzeugt.
Insbesondere gefallen hat mir, dass es nicht nur die Spannungs-/Krimischiene fährt, sondern in adäquatem Maße auch Vater-Tochter-Beziehungen, die alltäglichen Gefahren junger Frauen und generell Normalität aufweist.
Des Weiteren ist mir der Wechsel der Erzählperspektive ins Auge gefallen. Dass Emily und Cecelia nur aus der Ich-Perspektive erzählen, während Die Frau/May Mitchell nur aus der Du-Perspektive ist ein grandioser Einfall, der nur weiter Michallons Pfiffigkeit untermauert. Hut ab.
Ich konnte das Buch auf den letzten 200 Seiten nicht mehr weglegen, da es so spannend wurde. Kann ich nur empfehlen.
4/5 ⭐️ und 9/10⭐️

reading_with_my_doodle's review against another edition

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

3.75

courtofsmutandstuff's review against another edition

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dark
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

This triller is intriguing but also deeply messed up - the pacing is solid, and I enjoy the separate POVs (though I don't like the "you" 2nd person POV of The Woman in the Shed, but it was less jarring for me since it was only her POV and not everyone's). I do wish there were maybe 2 more chapters at the end because I love everything to be fully explained and wrapped up, but it is a solid ending. 

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