The Night House
Ratings15
Average rating3
15
Ratings15
Average rating3
From the internationally best-selling author, a chilling fresh spin on the classic horror novel • When the voices call, don’t answer.
“In The Night House, the horror begins immediately. And it only keeps calling from there.”—Josh Malerman, New York Times best-selling author of Bird Box and Spin a Black Yarn
In the wake of his parents’ tragic deaths in a house fire, fourteen-year-old Richard Elauved has been sent to live with his aunt and uncle in the remote, insular town of Ballantyne. Richard quickly earns a reputation as an outcast, and when a classmate named Tom goes missing, everyone suspects the new, angry boy is responsible for his disappearance. No one believes him when he says the telephone booth out by the edge of the woods sucked Tom into the receiver like something out of a horror movie. No one, that is, except Karen, a beguiling fellow outsider who encourages Richard to pursue clues the police refuse to investigate. He traces the number that Tom prank-called from the phone booth to an abandoned house in the Mirror Forest. There he catches a glimpse of a terrifying face in the window. And then the voices begin to whisper in his ear . . .
She’s going to burn. The girl you love is going to burn. There’s nothing you can do about it.
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The writing is easy to read, and the story was somewhat interesting; I managed to get halfway.
But, it was kind of losing steam for me, and I wasn't vibing with the main character. Protagonists don't need to be likable, but they do need to be interesting. Richard was obnoxious without being interesting, and that just put me off.
I feel guilty cuz I had brought it to book club and it was chosen as the next read, and I noped out on it. Oops, sozzies.
So I have had books by this author on my shelf for a while that I keep meaning to read. After finishing The Night House, I'm ready to tackle those books LOL
This is a very fun and twisty (although easily predictable) horror story. I absolutely loved the writing and the feel of the story. It has Tales From the Crypt vibes, which for me, is great. It's campy and a tad geeky but I really enjoyed it.
It's absolutely perfect for Spooktober and one I highly recommend for those who seek strange and spooky but don't want overly gory. This releases on October 3 so it's also perfect timing for the Spooky season.
I sincerely appreciate the publisher and NetGalley for the review copy. All opinions expressed are my own.
I've been struggling to decide how I feel about this book. It has an interesting presentation that's difficult to talk about without spoiling it. Essentially, you're given three stories: the story of a boy haunted by a a house, the author of the first story, and then something I absolutely did not see coming and won't say, because it would absolutely spoil the end of this book. Of course, that makes it difficult, because the first two stories are fantastic ways to present the same story. But then you get to the final story, and I still can't tell whether I liked the twist. I don't know if it's creative or a cop-out, and that's having sat on the story for a while. It's definitely a creative book, and having only read one other book by Jo Nesbo, I can say that he is a great author. The horror presented in this story is good, although it does first come across as a YA horror. It's only when you get to the second and third parts that you realize there's so much more to it. I definitely encourage readers to check out this book. I'm curious to see what they think.
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Was a really strong build up and had me guessing for a bit. But towards the end I saw the writing on the wall and when I was right in my assumptions, I was thoroughly disappointed and my day ruined. (Brownie points to you if you know who I'm referencing). Pass on this, 2/5
