Ratings16
Average rating3.4
The electrifying novel from the Booker shortlisted author of Everything Under. 'A short sharp explosion of a gothic thriller' Observer Something unspeakable has happened to sisters July and September. Desperate for a fresh start, they move across the country to an old family house that has a troubled life of its own. Noises come from behind the walls. Lights flicker of their own accord. Sleep feels impossible, dreams are endless. In their new, unsettling surroundings, July finds that the fierce bond she's always had with September - forged with a blood promise when they were children - is beginning to change in ways she cannot understand.
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Another 2.5, because come on: the whole ordeal of ‘my sister tries to be the boss of me' is not even new. Add to it the collaterals - the sickening month names, the absent mother, even if present, and the absent for real father, and the recipe is kinda obvious. It was almost bland. When the ‘it' finally happened, not only everybody could breath, but also it was sort of anti climatic. I'm not sure why the whole noise about this book.
Oh dear, that was a twisty turvy telling. Like twin-speak but worse.