A review by aleshatoora
The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This is an OK book. I feel it dragged quite a bit. The plot is great, but it is quite obvious what happened from early on. Predictable. It was enjoyable, but some areas were quite boring and didn’t really add to the plot of the book.