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3.5 stars
This book hits all my favorite things in suspense/horror: creepy houses, creepier kids, unreliable narrators, class antagonism, and malevolent women. That said, this wasn't my favorite Flynn. I'd have liked a little less time on the narrator's background and more on the action inside the house. there is a payoff but it's less satisfying than it could have been. In all, a fun novella/short story story-- easy to read in one sitting on a rainy day.
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Fun and unexpected and it made me want more Gillian Flynn!
My only complaint is that it was only a short story.
Around the Year Reading Challenge Item #51: A short story by a well-known author
Gah, I took so long to write this review that I hardly remember this little story anymore. I do remember that I somehow wanted MORE from it -- a bigger twist, more creepiness, more resolution. It was interesting, but I guess not interesting enough to stick with me!
Gah, I took so long to write this review that I hardly remember this little story anymore. I do remember that I somehow wanted MORE from it -- a bigger twist, more creepiness, more resolution. It was interesting, but I guess not interesting enough to stick with me!
there's definitely room for more story development here, but given by the end I didn't know who or what to believe, it did its job as a story well.
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