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The House
The House | Simon Lelic
14 posts | 15 read | 33 to read
THE PERFECT COUPLE. THE PERFECT HOUSE. THE PERFECT CRIME. 'HUGELY GRIPPING AND SPOOKY AS HELL' Mark Billlingham Londoners Jack and Syd moved into the house a year ago. It seemed like their dream home: tons of space, the perfect location, and a friendly owner who wanted a young couple to have it. So when they made a grisly discovery in the attic, Jack and Syd chose to ignore it. That was a mistake. Because someone has just been murdered. Right outside their back door. And now the police are watching them... 'AN INTRICATE AND POWERFUL THRILLER' Tana French 'TAUGHT, TENSE AND TERRIFYING, I LOVED IT' Sharon Bolton 'O.M.G . I just devoured this gem...Perfect execution of a psychological thriller right here.' Reader review 'Brilliant. This is how I like my psychological thrillers. Clever, twisted and unexpected.' Reader review 'Hooked from page one! I started this book last night and couldn't put it down.' Reader review 'Lelic can plot like a demon' Guardian 'A brilliantly tense and shocking thriller. I literally couldn't put it down!' Nuala Ellwood, author of My Sister's Bones 'Really creepy and clever. I loved it.' Julia Crouch 'This terrifying thriller sent shivers through me' Jane Corry, author of My Husband's Wife 'An intriguing and suspenseful read' Cath Staincliffe 'Brilliantly dark and gripping...Plays on the fundamental fear that the building blocks of our existence - home, relationships, family - may not be as secure as we like to think' Thomas Mogford 'Creepy and totally gripping. A real page-turner. I loved it' Claire McGowan 'Absorbing, convincing and truly frightening ' The Times 'Powerful... A gripping, disturbing read' Marie Claire 'One of the genre's rising stars' Metro 'A writer to whom attention must be paid' Independent 'Electrifying' The New York Times
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Madison91
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Mehso-so

This was really hard for me to get into

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Ms.Story
The House | Simon Lelic
Mehso-so

⭐️⭐️⭐️ I finally finished an audiobook! Looking forward to continuing listening to books during my commute as I begin my new job next week. The alternating viewpoints in this one helped to keep my interest although the story wasn‘t quite what I was looking for based on the description

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catsuit_mango
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I was not convinced with the next book on my to read list, needed a break from sci-fi and Fantasy. No thriller by a female writer, what I was feeling like, so Mr suggested that book he finished not so long ago. So far so good. And the Japanese take away food was really good.

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batsy
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This was a good read, a straightforward story well-told with two alternating viewpoints. I love a good twist but it's hard to pull off & I think writers go to extremes in the current marketplace to capture reader's attention with ludicrous twists. In this story you might suspect what is going on early on, but the tension & intrigue are maintained by virtue of having believable characters. Human nature is its own mystery & provides enough chills.

batsy Trigger warning for child abuse. 7y
elizabethlk Thanks for the trigger warning. ❤ 7y
JoScho Sounds good! Stacked 😀 7y
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erzascarletbookgasm Two of my favourite crime thriller authors endorsed it, and @batsy says it‘s a pick, hmm, should be stacked but I‘m thinking of the trigger warning 🤔 7y
batsy @elizabethlk You're welcome! 7y
batsy @JoScho 👍🏽🙂 7y
batsy @erzascarletbookgasm Hard to say more without ruining the story but in my view the author didn't sensationalise it or draw it out unnecessarily, and so I felt like he handled it well. 7y
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Leanne.loves.books
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Just started this and a few chapters in am finding it‘s a nice quick easy read. I love relaxing with a book. Oh and a box of Jaffa Cakes! Happy times!

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TrishB
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Pickpick

Been trying to get Sansa to let me take a pic with her and a book since @Cathythoughts tagged me in a pet pic challenge! As you can see she‘s not best impressed.
Anyway - good quick read - psychological thriller - kept you thinking most of the book!

Cathythoughts Oh dear! Poor Sansa, that‘s very sweet ! 💕💕💕 7y
Sassy_Steph Such a sweet unamused puppy face!! 7y
Maria514626 It‘s as if they know you‘re taking their photo only to post it. My dog does the same thing. Silly pups! 😄 7y
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OriginalCyn620 What a sweet face! ❤️🐶 7y
GripLitGrl Awe 🐕❤ 7y
azulaco She reminds me SO much of my sweet little Shepherd/hound mix, Jaz. He died of old age in 2015. He was such a sweet, good boy. ❤️ 7y
tammysue She‘s a cutie pie!! ❤️ 7y
Baileeandme ❤️🐶 7y
LeahBergen A sweet but begrudging model. 😆 7y
Balibee146 She's so lovely xx 7y
ladym30 Such a sweet face! 7y
Reggie Sansa is beautiful!!! 7y
MimiLovesToRead I have this one to read very soon. It will be called The New Neighbors here in the US. I have this version though. I ordered from BookDepository. 7y
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Lizpixie
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#BookMail No2 from Goldsboro is December‘s Book Of The Month, The House by Simon Lelic. I haven‘t heard much about this one but Tana French has blurbed it, plus it‘s so pretty! January‘s book looks interesting too, but I‘m really stoked for February! It‘s a signed first edition of The Seven Deaths Of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton, which I‘ve had my eye on for awhile.

TrishB I‘m looking forward to that one too! @DeborahSmall has read this one and given it a good review! 7y
JazzFeathers Oh, l love that cover 😍 7y
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ScorpioBookDreams
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My Goldsboro BOTM was waiting for me when I returned home 🎉🎉

TrishB Mine finally arrived too! 😁 7y
DeborahSmall About time!! I‘m sure I‘ll pay next month for getting this months early! 7y
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DeborahSmall
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Pickpick

Finished this last night. A great psychological thriller ❤️📚

Bostonmomx2 ❤️ the ⛄️ 7y
ScorpioBookDreams Still haven‘t got mine! 7y
Cathythoughts Oh the fire & the book. Perfection 💫💫💫 7y
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DeborahSmall @Bostonmomx2 I‘ve had mr ⛄️ for 17 years! My favourite xmas decoration! @Cathythoughts the fire has been lit every night! It‘s been so cold ❤️ 7y
Sarah83 Gorgeous pic 😍 7y
ScorpioBookDreams @TrishB Deborah was lucky getting it so early this month! 7y
TrishB @ScorpioBookDreams ours are stuck in the Christmas post! 7y
DeborahSmall @TrishB @ScorpioBookDreams I think I got mine early because of all the complaining I do !! (edited) 7y
TrishB I think I may start 😂 7y
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DeborahSmall
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Started this one this morning and already 3/4 of the way through 📚❤️

Kendra.Diane It must be good! 7y
LeahBergen Oooo! 👍🏻 7y
TrishB Looking forward to it now! Though mine still hasn‘t arrived 😔 7y
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DeborahSmall
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#Goldsboro‘s #bookmail. This looks like a great read ❤️📚

TrishB Is BoTM? That‘s early! Mine hasn‘t arrived yet. 7y
DeborahSmall @TrishB I was surprised it came this early 7y
TrishB No sign of mine yet! 7y
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HiddenGemBooks
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Londoners Jack and Syd moved into the house a year ago. It seemed like their dream home: tons of space, the perfect location, and a friendly owner who wanted a young couple to have it.

So when they made a grisly discovery in the attic, Jack and Syd chose to ignore it. That was a mistake.

Because someone has just been murdered. Right outside their back door.

And now the police are watching them...

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Sezzthomas
The House | Simon Lelic
Mehso-so

Good start and end. It lost its way in the middle

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IReadThereforeIBlog
The House | Simon Lelic
Mehso-so

Simon Lelic's psychological thriller has a gimmicky twin narrative device (with Syd and Jack essentially writing their stories for each other) but despite a creepy set-up in the first quarter the twists were too easy to guess and the revelation of secrets meant that I rapidly lost sympathy for one of the main characters while the antagonist's plan relies on contrivance and people behaving in unbelievable ways to work.