Girl in the Walls

I don't want to dwell too much on the negatives in regards to this review. So I will try and be as succinct as possible. I do think this was a promising premise but executed poorly. The plot was clunky and had some holes in pivotal plot points. I also think this book was drawn out to the point of ludicrousness. There was a chapter called The End and then another four chapters after. While the chapters are a few pages long, I was eye rolling and puffing with impatience by the end. I just wanted to finish it by 60% in. But I loved the idea of a Girl in the Walls. It was so creative to experiment/run with the idea of the noises a large old house makes and create a narrative from that.

I just didn't understand the point of this novel. The author wrote themselves into corners with where they took the plot. But I loved the character of Eddie, he was super endearing. And the girl, Elise intrigued me but she became a one dimensional character as she spends the whole novel in the walls.

Overall I think this book would have been much more compelling, had it been significantly condensed. But the writing was really enjoyable and the author wrote wonderfully about the house. It really brought the setting of the novel to life.

Thanks to 4th Estate and William Collins, the author, A.J Gnuse and Netgalley for a review copy in exchange for an honest review.