~*Our House*~
Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this advance copy in exchange for an honest review.
I am a voracious reader and one of my very favorite genres is psychological thrillers. I also have a real fondness for British thrillers so I was super excited to read this.
In this clever, twisty novel Fi returns home from a mini break to find a new family moving into her beloved house in a London suburb. She soon finds out that her home has been sold out from under her and things get stranger from here on out. The book time jumps within eight months back and forth and the narration goes from Fi to her estranged husband Bram. I have to say that there were some great twists in the book and I really grew to like and fee for Fi. I also found myself feeling oddly protective of her. Bram on the other hand? I understood what made him the way he is ut I just could not feel an ounce of sympathy for her at all. There was just nothing likable about him as far as I was concerned. He was a selfish, weak man.
I have never read a Louise Candlish novel before this but she is on my must read list now. Her writing really drew me in and I could just feel myself walking in the farmers market with Fi or decorating the magnolia tree with the family at Christmas.
This was a five star book for me all the way to the end where I did have a brief issue with the end.....
*******SPOILERS*******
The only issue I had was the final chapter/segment. I hated the way it ended because the way I interpreted it Fi will end up going to jail for murder because once again BRam showed himself to be a complete screw up even when he thought he was doing the right thing. I understood why Fi did what she did at the end, she truly was in shock, scared and confused and though what she did was wrong I really did not want her to suffer anymore than she already had.. The ending was just a bit too bleak for me. It is still a five star book all the way though.
I am a voracious reader and one of my very favorite genres is psychological thrillers. I also have a real fondness for British thrillers so I was super excited to read this.
In this clever, twisty novel Fi returns home from a mini break to find a new family moving into her beloved house in a London suburb. She soon finds out that her home has been sold out from under her and things get stranger from here on out. The book time jumps within eight months back and forth and the narration goes from Fi to her estranged husband Bram. I have to say that there were some great twists in the book and I really grew to like and fee for Fi. I also found myself feeling oddly protective of her. Bram on the other hand? I understood what made him the way he is ut I just could not feel an ounce of sympathy for her at all. There was just nothing likable about him as far as I was concerned. He was a selfish, weak man.
I have never read a Louise Candlish novel before this but she is on my must read list now. Her writing really drew me in and I could just feel myself walking in the farmers market with Fi or decorating the magnolia tree with the family at Christmas.
This was a five star book for me all the way to the end where I did have a brief issue with the end.....
*******SPOILERS*******
The only issue I had was the final chapter/segment. I hated the way it ended because the way I interpreted it Fi will end up going to jail for murder because once again BRam showed himself to be a complete screw up even when he thought he was doing the right thing. I understood why Fi did what she did at the end, she truly was in shock, scared and confused and though what she did was wrong I really did not want her to suffer anymore than she already had.. The ending was just a bit too bleak for me. It is still a five star book all the way though.
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