![]() ![]() 1-5 was way off, but I did call out during Ch.6-14 that Marta will play a bigger role in the finale. Home Before Dark doesn't end up being a horror novel (more of a mystery thriller with a dash of supernatural), I kind of enjoy this genre-bending turn of events, but I wonder if people would feel being cheated out of a promised haunted house story, based on its promotional materials. The last 50 pages or so is a roller coaster, very thrilling with the relentless layering of new information. I also appreciate the last sentence of the novel brought the whole book full circle and gave context to the opening text. The 'book-within-book' structure turned out to be a pretty clever repackaging of an 'unreliable narrator' story. In the end this is a solid 3 stars for me. ![]()
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