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dawnesap2525's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
msbups's review against another edition
1.0
My god this book is so completely convuluted it defies description. Spoilers ahead
So Orchid lied about the dead sister? Who does that anyway, who would give 2 children the same name? This book is ridiculous from the beginning. Lila can kill Noel and hang Kurt but can't take an axe from a 10 yr old. Orchid never saw Lila in the house? So where does Lila live, where does she work? None of this is answered. Lila waits months to kill Noel? Why? This book is so asinine it is not funny.
So Orchid lied about the dead sister? Who does that anyway, who would give 2 children the same name? This book is ridiculous from the beginning. Lila can kill Noel and hang Kurt but can't take an axe from a 10 yr old. Orchid never saw Lila in the house? So where does Lila live, where does she work? None of this is answered. Lila waits months to kill Noel? Why? This book is so asinine it is not funny.
echris's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
affiknittyreads's review against another edition
1.0
Bleh. This book was frankly a mess, both from an editing and proofreading point of view. The plot was all over the place. It seems to start out as a ghost story, and then ends up being something totally different. Plot threads are left to just dangle without any resolution whatsoever. Thank goodness it was free.
energyrae's review against another edition
5.0
Suzannah and Noel are finally getting the child they've so desperately wanted, and nine-year-old Orchid calls them Mummy and Daddy from the start. She's a precocious child who is certainly a bit different than what Suzannah was expecting, and she will admit she's a bit disappointed she's especially close to Noel but glad that he's such a doting father.
Things start to go from odd to drastically weird after Orchid moves in and Noel isn't much of a sounding board for Suzannah, he thinks Suzannah's imagination is running wild. Thankfully she has her best friend Lila to talk to about all the odd things that are happening around the house since Orchid moved in. When things start to get dangerous, will she have Noel's support to figure out what is going on with the house and Orchid?
I don't want to say too much about the book and spoil anything for other readers. Dounaeva has made the perfect setup for a creepy thriller/mystery and once I started reading, I was hooked, and read this in one sitting. In addition to a fantastically creepy setting, the characters and storyline were wonderful. Such an incredibly fun read!
Things start to go from odd to drastically weird after Orchid moves in and Noel isn't much of a sounding board for Suzannah, he thinks Suzannah's imagination is running wild. Thankfully she has her best friend Lila to talk to about all the odd things that are happening around the house since Orchid moved in. When things start to get dangerous, will she have Noel's support to figure out what is going on with the house and Orchid?
I don't want to say too much about the book and spoil anything for other readers. Dounaeva has made the perfect setup for a creepy thriller/mystery and once I started reading, I was hooked, and read this in one sitting. In addition to a fantastically creepy setting, the characters and storyline were wonderful. Such an incredibly fun read!
orozco_k's review against another edition
5.0
Wow. This book is so different than I had anticipated. Absolutely great!
sabireads84's review against another edition
4.0
This book got me, it got me bad…
I loved the cover, it’s beautiful actually.
So we meet Noah and Suzannah, a childless couple, in their way to adopt. Orchid. Soon strange things start to happen and Orchid is not what it seems.
The characters are fine. Suzannah could sometimes annoy you, but I don’t think she was out in the easiest position with the child taking more into Noah. Orchid was…. Weird… all I could think of was Tom Riddle Junior. But the book is not what it seems.
My biggest minus was the animal cruelty. The book had me torn. I wanted to dnf it almost right away. The book would have been bloody brilliant, if I had not have to fear for Tiger throughout the whole book. I can’t take animal cruelty in books, I can’t.
The book gives you orphan vibes and the ending is definitely not what I expected. The book was creepy and it got me hooked. All in all I am glad that I pushed through.
I loved the cover, it’s beautiful actually.
So we meet Noah and Suzannah, a childless couple, in their way to adopt. Orchid. Soon strange things start to happen and Orchid is not what it seems.
The characters are fine. Suzannah could sometimes annoy you, but I don’t think she was out in the easiest position with the child taking more into Noah. Orchid was…. Weird… all I could think of was Tom Riddle Junior. But the book is not what it seems.
My biggest minus was the animal cruelty. The book had me torn. I wanted to dnf it almost right away. The book would have been bloody brilliant, if I had not have to fear for Tiger throughout the whole book. I can’t take animal cruelty in books, I can’t.
The book gives you orphan vibes and the ending is definitely not what I expected. The book was creepy and it got me hooked. All in all I am glad that I pushed through.
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