The Apartment
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Average rating3
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Ratings9
Average rating3
When Freya Miller is struck by tragedy, losing her husband and her home within a short time, she is burdened with many worries. The main one being where she and her five-year-old daughter, Skye, are going to live. A chance meeting with the charismatic Dr. Marsden changes all that. He offers the young mother the most amazing opportunity: an apartment at one of London's most exclusive addresses for a fraction of the market rental cost. It's an offer Freya simply can't refuse. Within a couple of weeks, Freya and Skye are moving into Adder House and meeting the other welcoming residents. They very quickly feel part of the family. But just when Freya truly believes all her problems are history, a series of strange, unexplained occurrences begin. It leaves Freya with the unshakeable feeling that even when their apartment door is securely locked, she and her daughter are not alone. Freya thought she'd left all her troubles behind her, yet she soon realises there are problems here that are far more terrifying than before. For behind the doors of Adder House, everything is most definitely not as it seems. Old secrets refuse to stay buried, and someone is determined to keep a terrible past very much alive.
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Actual review closer to 3.5 stars. Easy enough read and the author writes well. I didn't expect how it played out but it kind of seemed a bit too far fetched for me in some respects. (She HAD to know that apartment was too good to be true!)
I really enjoyed reading this but found this to be a letdown for me. The plots were a mystery, I found the characters had a sense of creepiness all around and everywhere in the house. It gave me the vibes of a haunted house, Adams family and Saw 2 in a way (if you're a horror movie fan you'd know what I'm talking about). Even more so I loved the psychological part that played hugely in this. Though as much as I want to give this a full on 5 stars, the pace of the story very slow, it didn't keep me on my feet to see what to come. The upcoming plot/climax got me hooked but then downhill where everything seemed to simmer. I also had abit of an issue with Freya, I thought her character was very uptight and oblivious when she knew something wasn't right yet she bypassed her suspiciousness. Overall I thought there was a lot of good characteristics in this story to say the least!
Rating: 3/5 ⭐
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