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A review by reading_under_covers
The Other People by C.B. Everett
2.5
"I escaped from that house, came straight here, and...and all the others...all the others are dead."
Ten strangers wake up inside an old house. They have no recollection of how they got there, but are told they have twelve hours to find a missing girl in order to flee the house. Not only is it a race against the clock, but there's also a killer on the loose that seems to want them all dead.
THE OTHER PEOPLE by C.B. Everett is definitely a story that should be gone into as blind as possible (the above synopsis is all you need!).
This book rotated POVs, which is always a fave of mine, and really leaned into the murder mystery of it all (heavy heavy on the murder, which I didn't have an issue with).
However, I found this book to be very heavy-handed with the stereotypes, making it hard for me to enjoy most of the characters as they were portrayed in often uncomfortable ways. Also, there was one POV character "The Beast" that basically holds the reader's hand throughout the story and explains everything that's happening - as a reader, I don't enjoy it when the author seems to imply I'm incapable of reading comprehension 😬
The fourth wall breaking in those chapters was fun, though! And the twist really turned it around for me in terms of "wow" factor in the story.
Overall, this book just didn't fully work out for me even if the binge factor was definitely there!
Thanks to NetGalley and Atria Books for the copy for review!
Ten strangers wake up inside an old house. They have no recollection of how they got there, but are told they have twelve hours to find a missing girl in order to flee the house. Not only is it a race against the clock, but there's also a killer on the loose that seems to want them all dead.
THE OTHER PEOPLE by C.B. Everett is definitely a story that should be gone into as blind as possible (the above synopsis is all you need!).
This book rotated POVs, which is always a fave of mine, and really leaned into the murder mystery of it all (heavy heavy on the murder, which I didn't have an issue with).
However, I found this book to be very heavy-handed with the stereotypes, making it hard for me to enjoy most of the characters as they were portrayed in often uncomfortable ways. Also, there was one POV character "The Beast" that basically holds the reader's hand throughout the story and explains everything that's happening - as a reader, I don't enjoy it when the author seems to imply I'm incapable of reading comprehension 😬
The fourth wall breaking in those chapters was fun, though! And the twist really turned it around for me in terms of "wow" factor in the story.
Overall, this book just didn't fully work out for me even if the binge factor was definitely there!
Thanks to NetGalley and Atria Books for the copy for review!