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The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
1.0

In this book we follow main character Rowan, she has been arrested for the murder of a child, she has wrote to a solicitor to claim her innocence. Rowan had taken a new job as a live in nanny / babysitter. The money was good, the house was huge but there was a warning in the job advert about the house being haunted as other nannies / babysitters have left due to this. Rowan didn't mind and took the job anyway.
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I was LOVING this book, the suspense, the thrills, I was creeped out by this story and the audiobook for this one is SO GOOD.
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I had such a fun time throughout, I was passionate about each character whether I loved or hated them, Ruth Ware did an amazing job writing these characters.
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Unfortunately.. THAT ENDING. I was PISSED. It ruined everything, I was left feeling disappointed at the reveal of what actually happened to the child and everything that had went on through this book seemed pointless because of the conclusion.
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Also there was a massive plot hole in this story. I went from a 4 to a 5 star rating until the last 10 pages then it went down to a 2 or 3 star rating, then I slept on it and the next day I was still thinking about the book and that was when I stumbled across the plot hole, hence the 1 star rating.