The Night House
2023 • 320 pages

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15

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.

November 19, 2023Report this review