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A review by kirstyreadsthings
The Silent House by Laura Elliot
3.0
Thank you to Netgalley and Bookouture for an advanced copy of this book in return for an honest review.
I was left a bit muddled with this one. The beginning really dragged me in and I couldn't wait to get started.
Sophies relationship with her husband has fallen apart due to his addiction to gambling. With no money, and no house, Sophie takes a job as a live-in nurse for Jack Hyland. With her two daughters she moves into the derelict home which has been ravished by disasters.
The setting is brilliant and adds atmosphere as well as acting as a problem topic between mother and daughter.
After the start though I started to loose interest a bit. The plot is dragged out and it turns from being a slow burner to their being too much detail where it is not needed. The ending is also made WAY too long, and I started to get a bit fed up.
I also wouldn't be able to categorise this book properly. It's not really a thriller, its not really a romance, nor a mystery. In fact I guesses the whole 'mystery' very very quickly which put me off a bit.
The use of different narratives is carried out well, and I especially enjoyed the glimpses into the past through Jack.
All in all it is not a bad book, however, I wouldn't read it again.
I was left a bit muddled with this one. The beginning really dragged me in and I couldn't wait to get started.
Sophies relationship with her husband has fallen apart due to his addiction to gambling. With no money, and no house, Sophie takes a job as a live-in nurse for Jack Hyland. With her two daughters she moves into the derelict home which has been ravished by disasters.
The setting is brilliant and adds atmosphere as well as acting as a problem topic between mother and daughter.
After the start though I started to loose interest a bit. The plot is dragged out and it turns from being a slow burner to their being too much detail where it is not needed. The ending is also made WAY too long, and I started to get a bit fed up.
I also wouldn't be able to categorise this book properly. It's not really a thriller, its not really a romance, nor a mystery. In fact I guesses the whole 'mystery' very very quickly which put me off a bit.
The use of different narratives is carried out well, and I especially enjoyed the glimpses into the past through Jack.
All in all it is not a bad book, however, I wouldn't read it again.