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You Let Me In
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In a world over-populated with 'twisty' psychological thrillers, this stands out for keeping things creepy but real. Clarke certainly re-uses tropes of the genre like the big empty house, though now renovated and modernised, and that old chestnut of 'how well do we know those around us?' - but, importantly, she makes them work for her by not going over the top and by keeping the focus on characterisation rather than hokey twists. Ok, there is one huge coincidence but I was happy to overlook it in view of how adroitly we're wrong-footed - and even if I guessed the villain, the motive was kept well hidden till the last.
A deliciously creepy read, then, with emotional payoff - clear your calendar for this one, I literally couldn't stop reading once I'd started it!
Thanks to HarperCollins for an ARC via NetGalley
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After all, who owns a story? The person who tells it? The person who reads it? The person whom it is about? Or all of them?
In a world over-populated with 'twisty' psychological thrillers, this stands out for keeping things creepy but real. Clarke certainly re-uses tropes of the genre like the big empty house, though now renovated and modernised, and that old chestnut of 'how well do we know those around us?' - but, importantly, she makes them work for her by not going over the top and by keeping the focus on characterisation rather than hokey twists. Ok, there is one huge coincidence but I was happy to overlook it in view of how adroitly we're wrong-footed - and even if I guessed the villain, the motive was kept well hidden till the last.
A deliciously creepy read, then, with emotional payoff - clear your calendar for this one, I literally couldn't stop reading once I'd started it!
Thanks to HarperCollins for an ARC via NetGalley
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Jul 13, 2018 05:14PM
Ooh I like the creepy aspect in your review. A lot of psych thrillers have been very “samey” this year. Liked your review so I’m now off to get it. Cheers!
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I agree about the 'sameiness' to the point where I've refused to read some of the year's popular thrillers - also too many merely mediocre writers are churning out 'me too' plots. Clarke shows how to do it without descending into silliness, I think. Hope you like it!
