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novelgossip 's review for:
The Stranger Upstairs: A Novel
by Lisa M. Matlin
There was a lot here that I enjoyed but there was also a lot that was iffy for me so I’m somewhere in the middle of the road for this one. I know it doesn’t matter but the cover is gorgeous and that’s initially what caught my eye and then the creepy house renovation sealed the deal. It was also fast paced and twisty even if many of the twists were pretty obvious for me but the combination kept me reading. Where things fell flat for me were in the characters, Sarah was just awful and hard to listen to at times and I usually do ok with unlikable characters but this was a little too much for me. It got a little repetitive too and maybe that’s because I feel like the tropes have been done before in a very similar way in other books. Overall just ok for me, but if you don’t read many thrillers it may work better for you.