zoer03 's review for:

The House by Simon Lelic
2.0

So what I said at the beginning of this book... it’s a bit like Stephen King mixed with Alfred Hitchcock.... well actually it’s like a bad parody of the two. The beginning was really good, it drew you in and the tenseness ratcheted up a page at a time. But then it started losing the plot there was all this dallying with a kid and the kid being abused and the social services and it just fell flat and useless and pointless. The title is a lie I think it was called the new neighbours that title makes more sense then the house... with the title you think ooo creepy house... but no it just fell flat and just a bit shit if I have to be honest. The positive is the writing it’s very engaging and well written though please stop with driveling snivelling characters they get a bit annoying especially with Jack he didn’t come across as a bit feminine and that’s not a bad thing but I couldn’t picture what jack looked like as a man. I also didn’t really like Sydney nor did I feel any sympathy.