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The Last House on Needless Street
by Catriona Ward
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Ted Bannerman’s house holds a lot of terrible secrets. In Catriona Ward’s novel, The Last House on Needless House, it’s hard to say if we get to the bottom of everything because each revelation leads to another question. This is the kind of book that I race through—so that I can find out what happens—and then want to go back to the beginning to marvel over the clues the author carefully placed to foreshadow the twists. It also makes me want to go find my bookish friends who like dark psychological fiction and press a copy into their hands so that we can talk about it...
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Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death