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bookhoarderhaley 's review for:
The No-End House
by Jeremy Bates
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I just want everyone who reads this book to remember the title. Just keep it in mind when you're nearing the end of the book.
I'm always a sucker for an unreliable narrator and Joe is about as unreliable as it gets. The theme of not trusting your own mind is always a thrill, but it felt very forced and kind of like a cop out in this book.
I didn't find it very scary, the characters they meet along the way during the challenge just fell a little flat for me. I understand where the thoughts were headed and the "high stakes" they were presented with but those bits just felt a little corny (maybe I'm not interpreting it correctly and they were meant to be that way but I'm unsure.) The throw in of dinosaurs also threw me for a loop.
Helen as a character was all over the place, first she's intimidating, then she acts like an excited teenager, then her mental health struggles are brought up but nothing really comes of it? I really wanted to like her as a character but unfortunately besides her past nothing about her was consistent.
Joe just kind of sucked. He was just a jerk for 90% of it. The "twist" in the final battle of the ninth room I could see coming from a mile away.
I will say that it was a quite light and easy read, even though it took me on the most bizarre adventure I've read thus-far, it was still an adventure in its own way. I'd be willing to read something else from Jeremy in hopes it would be just a bit more consistent.
I'm always a sucker for an unreliable narrator and Joe is about as unreliable as it gets. The theme of not trusting your own mind is always a thrill, but it felt very forced and kind of like a cop out in this book.
I didn't find it very scary, the characters they meet along the way during the challenge just fell a little flat for me. I understand where the thoughts were headed and the "high stakes" they were presented with but those bits just felt a little corny (maybe I'm not interpreting it correctly and they were meant to be that way but I'm unsure.) The throw in of dinosaurs also threw me for a loop.
Helen as a character was all over the place, first she's intimidating, then she acts like an excited teenager, then her mental health struggles are brought up but nothing really comes of it? I really wanted to like her as a character but unfortunately besides her past nothing about her was consistent.
Joe just kind of sucked. He was just a jerk for 90% of it. The "twist" in the final battle of the ninth room I could see coming from a mile away.
I will say that it was a quite light and easy read, even though it took me on the most bizarre adventure I've read thus-far, it was still an adventure in its own way. I'd be willing to read something else from Jeremy in hopes it would be just a bit more consistent.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Pedophilia, Physical abuse
Minor: Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Pandemic/Epidemic