julia_star74 's review for:

The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena
2.0

A book with a great premise but poor execution. The writing was forward, pretty much everything was stated to the reader (Though I think this was a stylistic choice rather than bad writing) it made the characters bland and personalities.

Though there were some good plot twists and moments of genuine suspense it was rash and parts were unbelievable and unlikely, pulling reader away from what’s meant to be suspenseful & engaging.

Personally I didn’t enjoy the ending it was far too stretched out, especially the last 5 pages, which were unnecessary in my opinion.