A review by j_squaredd
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This isn’t a 3.5 because it’s fine to good but because I don’t know whether to rate it a one or a five. This is a deeply strange book. I usually like deeply strange books, but this one leaves me ambivalent. I couldn’t put it down, though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Child death, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Self harm, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Blood, Animal death, Alcoholism, and Alcohol