The Last House on Needless Street
"The buzz...is real. I've read it and was blown away. It's a true nerve-shredder that keeps its mind-blowing secrets to the very end." —Stephen King
Named one of the Best Horror Books of All Time (Esquire and Cosmopolitan) • Winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel • An Indie Next Pick • A LibraryReads Top 10 Pick • A Library Journal Editors' Pick
Catriona Ward's The Last House on Needless Street is a shocking and immersive read perfect for fans of Gone Girl and The Haunting of Hill House.
In a boarded-up house on a dead-end street at the edge of the wild Washington woods lives a family of three.
A teenage girl who isn’t allowed outside, not after last time.
A man who drinks alone in front of his TV, trying to ignore the gaps in his memory.
And a house cat who loves napping and reading the Bible.
An unspeakable secret binds them together, but when a new neighbor moves in next door, what is buried out among the birch trees may come back to haunt them all.
“The new face of literary dark fiction.” —Sarah Pinborough
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Readers say *The Last House on Needless Street* is a gripping, mind-bending psychological horror praised for rich characters and masterful plot develo...
The author did a wonderful in her research and the emotions ran high throughout this book. Up until the end, I was guessing the ending. I hope to read more of her books and I hope they are just as amazing!
Pace: 7/10
Plot Development: 10/10
Characters: 9/10
Enjoyability: 9/10
Insightfulness: 10/10
Ease of Reading: 7/10
Overall Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I’d like to thank Netgalley for the advanced reader copy of this book.
This book was not what I expected it to be. I thought I was walking into some kind of creepy murder mystery thing, but that’s not even close to what I got. I got something so much better.
The characters in this book are very rich. The only one I had a real issue with was Olivia, the cat who reads the Bible. She’s a good character, but I was always confused as to how she fit into the story. Why was she necessary? Now, if you stick it out, you understand everything in the end, but for the first half of the book, I almost gave up; it was so confusing.
The writing is very well woven and complex. I’m impressed with the author’s ability. There is a lot of confusion in the beginning, but I decided by the end that that was warranted in the book.
Nothing is what you expect in this book. I didn’t see most of the twists coming, whatever ah thought it was at the beginning, it wasn’t that at the end. Thank you Ward for taking me on such a journey with your characters.
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