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The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood
3.0
challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I was soooo expecting a lot more thriller than this book gave. Thought I've come to the realisation that it's wayy more an emotional and psychological thriller mystery than anything else. If you like a bunch of morally grey characters in hiding, living together and then hiding each other's secrets then this one's for you. Relatively messed up characters, though I didn't feel any attachment to any of them and kind of just followed the plot as it went, trying to decipher where the author's taking this. I couldn't guess it and was left kind of baffled by that ending, very clever and very unexpected. A good and solid mystery, psychological thriller read. The gore levels are mid but my gosh are there moments where I was close to throwing up. The descriptions are so vivid and easy to imagine. Overall, I had an interesting and good time.