A review by tiamariatamera
The Girl Before by JP Delaney
5.0
Honestly one of my favourite books of all time. Literally read the entire book in a day, as it kept me gripped and needing to know what the heck happens. The concept is captivating - the death of a girl in a mysteriously crafted house, hyper minimalistic architecture (literally destroyed any chance of me getting a minimalistic, modern styled house in the future) with an interesting architect. I loved following the two perspectives of the girl before and the one whom currently resides in the house, unaware of its gruelling history, and watching both of their stories unfold - leading up to how the girl before died, and how the current resident unravels her death and gets quite close with figures from Emma's (the girl before) past.
It was quite confronting at times, but the grit of the events in the novel contributed to the overall three dimensional effect of the story, along with amazing character development, in which you never know who a person really is, even when reading from their POV.
It was quite confronting at times, but the grit of the events in the novel contributed to the overall three dimensional effect of the story, along with amazing character development, in which you never know who a person really is, even when reading from their POV.