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A review by bookish_ann
There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
Yeah, this was pretty bad. But not one-star bad. The writing flowed, there wasn’t any padding, and it was fast. I’ve read FAR worse. However, as a horror novel this was just beyond ridiculous, and not in a winking-at-the-genre way.
The setup, with the little mind games, had so much promise but OMFG did it fizzle. We find out the identity of the killer at the 50% mark, and despite me thinking that there had to be accomplices, no - one killer could do allll that in a short time frame. OK, fine, we have a B&E murder savant.
But the town - after three gory murders back to back and an attempted 4th, nobody does anything! Kids are still left home alone, those same kids still go into dark isolated places, and guess what? They die.
The MC has a horribly dark past that she’s running from and it involves familiarity with a hunting knife… and the reveal there is what almost pushes this down to 1 star. It’s some serious BS, and it’s only there for the romance plot.
This book was very, very dumb.
The setup, with the little mind games, had so much promise but OMFG did it fizzle. We find out the identity of the killer at the 50% mark, and despite me thinking that there had to be accomplices, no - one killer could do allll that in a short time frame. OK, fine, we have a B&E murder savant.
But the town - after three gory murders back to back and an attempted 4th, nobody does anything! Kids are still left home alone, those same kids still go into dark isolated places, and guess what? They die.
The MC has a horribly dark past that she’s running from and it involves familiarity with a hunting knife… and the reveal there is what almost pushes this down to 1 star. It’s some serious BS, and it’s only there for the romance plot.
This book was very, very dumb.