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A review by aleshatoora
The People Next Door by Tony Parsons
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
The only thing about this book that lets it down is how slow paced it is. We were left on a cliffhanger with lots of missing context as to what was happening towards the end. It was like 3/4 of the book was pointless and everything happened in the last few chapters. I wish there was more context about the mysterious things that were happening, not just ‘the world is gonna end that’s why the neighbours are so weird’ A lot of characters were killed off for the fun of it which was really weird. And the husband drugging her? We never find out why he feels the need to help the serial killer neighbours.