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Those People
This review was originally posted on Star Crossed Reviews I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. This was another book that had been sitting on my TBR pile for too long. I was looking for a book for the psychological thriller book club at work and having previously read Our House I thought this would be perfect.
Louise is excellent at taking something so real and turning it sinister. I found myself hating Darren Booth and his girlfriend Jodie. I was furious with all their goings-on and their lack of respect and common decency. I can honestly say that if I had lived down that street I would be just as angry as the characters in this book. I felt so bad for them. I have a neighbour who can be quite noisy which has been irritating during lockdown but let me tell you I feel like a fraud for complaining about him when I read this book.
I can't say that I liked all of the residents on the street if I am honest. I found some of them a bit snobbish and while Darren and Jodie are the neighbours from hell that no one wants I can't say that if the rest were my neighbours that I'd be making friends any time soon either! That being said they did have my sympathies.
Louise does a stellar job of creating mystery and intrigue. I spent so long trying to work out who it was that had been killed and of course who had been the one to do it. It was so well done. I was not expecting what happened at all. It was a very addictive read that I could not put down.
Louise is excellent at taking something so real and turning it sinister. I found myself hating Darren Booth and his girlfriend Jodie. I was furious with all their goings-on and their lack of respect and common decency. I can honestly say that if I had lived down that street I would be just as angry as the characters in this book. I felt so bad for them. I have a neighbour who can be quite noisy which has been irritating during lockdown but let me tell you I feel like a fraud for complaining about him when I read this book.
I can't say that I liked all of the residents on the street if I am honest. I found some of them a bit snobbish and while Darren and Jodie are the neighbours from hell that no one wants I can't say that if the rest were my neighbours that I'd be making friends any time soon either! That being said they did have my sympathies.
Louise does a stellar job of creating mystery and intrigue. I spent so long trying to work out who it was that had been killed and of course who had been the one to do it. It was so well done. I was not expecting what happened at all. It was a very addictive read that I could not put down.