Reviews

The Perfect Neighbours by Rachel Sargeant

charliebriggs96's review against another edition

1.0

Absolutely dull.

This book made me excited when I saw it on my shelf. Neighbours who are shady af? Maybe they’re murderers? Maybe they’re in a cult? Awesome! So I brought it ... only to stop fifty pages in after yawning more than I read. Boring, dull writing style, boring characters. Eh. No thanks.

justelw's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

lindsaymay92's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

mickysbookworm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

b00knerd's review against another edition

3.0

So I'm not going to lie but i had trouble staying entertained by this book. I caught myself skimming through it a lot just so i could get to the end. I got a little confused at first by all the characters and what exactly was going on. I really wanted to like this book but i guess it just was not my cup of tea. Lastly, i did not like adding the German words in there, i got quite confused by some of it.

Thanks again to NetGalley and the author for providing me with a copy, i wish i could of enjoyed it more.

katie1801's review

dark mysterious tense

4.25

katecks's review

3.0

Good thriller with a good twist at the end. I only gave it 3 stars though because it didn't grip me the way other thrillers have. I wasn't rushing to get back to it like I am with other books normally.

mandylovestoread's review

5.0

Helen moves from her home in England to Germany to be with her husband who teaches at the International School. At first glance their neighborhood appears to be perfect. As Helen gets to know her neighbours she learns that looks can be deceiving. When the worst happens who can she trust? Who can she believe?

This was a fantastic book, the story builds up and all the clues are all there. Thanks to Killer Reads and Netgalley for a copy of this book to read and review

nickikendall's review

dark mysterious tense

5.0

Thanks to #netgalley for the ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review. I loved this atmospheric thriller, I was hooked from the start and couldn't wait to read how it would all play out. 
After tiring of a long distance relationship, Helen finally manages to join her husband Gary in Germany. Gary gives Helen a quick tour of the neighborhood - then it’s time to meet the neighbors! Immediately Helen feels that all is not as it seems and something’s just not right!  She would rather not get to know them or spend time with them as they make her feel so uncomfortable, the only problem with that is, they’re more than just neighbors. They all work with Helen’s husband at the international School. This group of neighbors are all in each other’s business. Walking in and out of each other’s homes, having meetings and parties where attendance is expected. All of them dining at the same restaurant and vacationing together. A fastpaced read with clerverly interwoven backstories, it will have you side-eyeing your own neighbours and wondering what really does go on behind their closed doors. #rachelsargeant #theperfectneighbours #netgalley #goodreads #litsy #tea_sipping_bookworm #thriller #thestorygraph #greatreads #bookqueen #bookstagram #amazonaustralia

beckiebookworm1974's review

3.0

The Perfect Neighbours By Rachel Sargent was my first read of 2018 and I'm very pleased to say it was an enjoyable one.
When Helen moves abroad to Germany to be with new husband Gary she is thrust into a tightknit expat neighbourhood.
All her neighbours and her husband work at the local international school and from the start, it becomes apparent that things are not quite what they seem and as our story progresses we are taken down a rabbit hole of secrets and lies with events eventually imploding into shocking consequences for all involved.
what I liked most about The perfect Neighbours was I had no bloody clue what was occurring at all, I mean absolutely none at all, I was left scratching my head in confusion throughout until finally all the threads of the story were woven together into a semblance of truth.
Deciphering that truth here was half the fun and the perfect neighbours was intercepted with numerous red herrings to mislead throughout.
I would have scored this higher but I really found the main character, Helen, to be extremely irritating and quite prejudiced in her attitude to her neighbours and this spoiled my enjoyment somewhat.
She was guilty of the same reverse snobbery that she liked to accuse her arch nemesis Louisa of and she never really gave any of them a chance deciding from day one that she was better than them.
I mean yeh there were some real dodgy characters here. but Helen herself snubbed her nose up before she had accumulated this information for herself.
Pre-judged totally.
And then there's the husband, Gary the five minutes we actually saw of him wasn't impressive to me at all.
It was like Hi Gary, By Gary, that was the extent of his input to this story.
He was like this none entity, so little was his involvement throughout this.
But yeh The perfect Neighbours does make you think, who are we living side by side with, what are people hiding behind closed doors
I mean yeh myself, I don't really know many of my own neighbours, well just to say hi to in the street, it's the world we live in today sadly.
Books like this do tell me to batten down the hatches and stay anti-social for LIFE!!!!
Neighbours are scary.
But yeh, that is the main reason I scored this down really Helen.
But besides that, this is a good psychological thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end.
Thank You to NetGalley for proving me with an ARC of The Perfect Neighbours by Rachel Sargeant of which I have reviewed voluntary.
All opinions expressed are entirely my own.

Reviewed By Beckie Bookworm
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