A review by myweereads
The Devil's Staircase by Helen Fitzgerald
4.0
“I’m writing this instead so that you can feel me with you when it’s time. I’m with you, my little girl. I’m with you and it’s going to be okay...”
The Devil’s Staircase by Helen Fitzgerald is the story of a young Australian girl called Bronny who flies over to London for a change in life. She is a sweet girl and has loved her teenage years in caution and finds herself amongst backpacker seeking a rent free life within an abandoned townhouse. What they don’t realise is that somebody is already there.
This is a short novel of just over 200 pages. The blurb makes this sound like a horror story which it most definitely embodies but it’s so much more than that. It’s a fast paced thriller which is quite predictable at so many turns but you simply can’t put it down. After the first part when a wee bomb exploded in the story I was like hold on!!! What just happened and after that there was one bomb after another after another. The protagonist Bronny is a strong willed character who is on journey to escape the reality of what her life may become. She encounters so many intriguing and unique people during this and who they really are becomes a mystery especially when the truth is revealed. I was very surprised by this book because as predictable as it was I couldn’t put it down and enjoyed this twisted, dark and very disturbing story.
The Devil’s Staircase by Helen Fitzgerald is the story of a young Australian girl called Bronny who flies over to London for a change in life. She is a sweet girl and has loved her teenage years in caution and finds herself amongst backpacker seeking a rent free life within an abandoned townhouse. What they don’t realise is that somebody is already there.
This is a short novel of just over 200 pages. The blurb makes this sound like a horror story which it most definitely embodies but it’s so much more than that. It’s a fast paced thriller which is quite predictable at so many turns but you simply can’t put it down. After the first part when a wee bomb exploded in the story I was like hold on!!! What just happened and after that there was one bomb after another after another. The protagonist Bronny is a strong willed character who is on journey to escape the reality of what her life may become. She encounters so many intriguing and unique people during this and who they really are becomes a mystery especially when the truth is revealed. I was very surprised by this book because as predictable as it was I couldn’t put it down and enjoyed this twisted, dark and very disturbing story.