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A review by pagespoursandpups
The Dollhouse by Sara Ennis
4.0
If you like a very dark, disturbing, creepy and suspenseful book - then this one is right up your alley.
I'm not sure what I was thinking when I picked this book to read off of NetGalley. Well, I do know - I saw great reviews of it and people were talking about it so I was interested. This is off the beaten path for me. I enjoy thrillers, but this level of abuse and trauma was a lot for me. I still was engaged throughout - I just had a stomach ache throughout too.
Blonde kids are getting stolen and brought to a "dollhouse" so that a very disturbed individual can reenact childhood memories and in the process, try to change the narrative, and feel like he is getting revenge. Unfortunately he came from a background of bullying and childhood trauma that has formed him into a multiple-personality mess. His story is definitely tragic, but I wish there was just a little more about his backstory. Told in different POVs, we glance at his childhood, but the details are never really shared.
I always enjoy when the author gets me to love some of the characters, and hate others. I found that in this book. Overall I thought this book was suspenseful, twisty and surprising. I thought the ending succeeded in making the reader interested in picking up the second book to see more of that character and his or her trajectory.
Thank you to NetGalley and Sara Ennis for the copy to read and review.
I'm not sure what I was thinking when I picked this book to read off of NetGalley. Well, I do know - I saw great reviews of it and people were talking about it so I was interested. This is off the beaten path for me. I enjoy thrillers, but this level of abuse and trauma was a lot for me. I still was engaged throughout - I just had a stomach ache throughout too.
Blonde kids are getting stolen and brought to a "dollhouse" so that a very disturbed individual can reenact childhood memories and in the process, try to change the narrative, and feel like he is getting revenge. Unfortunately he came from a background of bullying and childhood trauma that has formed him into a multiple-personality mess. His story is definitely tragic, but I wish there was just a little more about his backstory. Told in different POVs, we glance at his childhood, but the details are never really shared.
I always enjoy when the author gets me to love some of the characters, and hate others. I found that in this book. Overall I thought this book was suspenseful, twisty and surprising. I thought the ending succeeded in making the reader interested in picking up the second book to see more of that character and his or her trajectory.
Thank you to NetGalley and Sara Ennis for the copy to read and review.