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emmalouisepip 's review for:
The Other People
by C.J. Tudor
This confused me in the best way.
I feel like I say this a lot but I went into this blind. Since this was a bookclub pick.
My feelings about this book are hard to explain. Without spoiling the book. So I apologise in advance if I do spoil the book at all. I’ll try not to.
I was confused 99% of the time. But in a way that I enjoyed the book more. It made me more intrigued. Made me search for clues more. Trying to piece things together. But everytime I thought I figured something out the next chapter threw in a twist that changed what I thought.
Multiple times I went back and forth on what happened to Izzy. But other twists did surprise me.
Since this is told in 3 different POVs I knew they had to be connected in some way. One of the reveals connecting two characters did shock me. I didn’t see that coming. I didn’t think Katie would be linked in that way. One thing that I thought would be a twist didn’t happen at all. But I’m fine with that. It was a stab in the dark. Something that was possible but unlikely.
I was surprised that I didn’t get lost at the change between past and present. As no chapter heading told the year or POV. I just kept on track because of how C.J Tudor had written this. Everything flowed so easily.
Speaking of writing. The characters felt very real. They all had distinct voices. They didn’t feel flat. But real people reacting in ways that I can imagine a lot of people would.
I will say the sort of super natural element still confuses me.It did add to the spooky atmosphere which I think was part of why I was gripped. This is, maybe not dark, but intense. Keeps you on the edge of your seat. That element makes you question more. How things are possible. But overall everything was explained and tied up by the end. So I can’t complain too much.
I feel like I say this a lot but I went into this blind. Since this was a bookclub pick.
My feelings about this book are hard to explain. Without spoiling the book. So I apologise in advance if I do spoil the book at all. I’ll try not to.
I was confused 99% of the time. But in a way that I enjoyed the book more. It made me more intrigued. Made me search for clues more. Trying to piece things together. But everytime I thought I figured something out the next chapter threw in a twist that changed what I thought.
Multiple times I went back and forth on what happened to Izzy. But other twists did surprise me.
Since this is told in 3 different POVs I knew they had to be connected in some way. One of the reveals connecting two characters did shock me. I didn’t see that coming. I didn’t think Katie would be linked in that way. One thing that I thought would be a twist didn’t happen at all. But I’m fine with that. It was a stab in the dark. Something that was possible but unlikely.
I was surprised that I didn’t get lost at the change between past and present. As no chapter heading told the year or POV. I just kept on track because of how C.J Tudor had written this. Everything flowed so easily.
Speaking of writing. The characters felt very real. They all had distinct voices. They didn’t feel flat. But real people reacting in ways that I can imagine a lot of people would.
I will say the sort of super natural element still confuses me.It did add to the spooky atmosphere which I think was part of why I was gripped. This is, maybe not dark, but intense. Keeps you on the edge of your seat. That element makes you question more. How things are possible. But overall everything was explained and tied up by the end. So I can’t complain too much.