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A review by damalectora
The Open House by Sam Carrington
4.0
When I read the sinopsis from this book I believed that it would be a really good read. This is almost the truth.
In the novel, we meet Amber and Nick, who are divorcing, when we start to read it, due to an infidelity from him. Also, Barb (Mom’s of Nick) is introduced to the narrative too. Amber will be gone to live in another city and needs to sell Nick's family house. She decided to do an open door visit, but she saw that not all of the people that come to the house leave it. This is the premise of the book, but there are a lot of things that make the reader have a several number of plot twists.
In order to talk about the characters, I believe that they are so interesting. The main characters, Amber and Barb have a perfect balance in the narrative.
The first woman wants to live something that she thinks is “the perfect life” with her sons and her boyfriend, Richard. Her personality is something that I like most of the time, but sometimes when she is with Ricard I want to introduce myself in the book and say to her “Please, open your eyes and go out, because he is a bad boy”. By the way, I like her narration part, they are all so mysterious, and keep your attention to know what is happening.
On the other hand, Barb is like a lion, she wants to keep all the things like always and stay with her grandsons forever. Her parts are so agonizing, she made me feel desperate and keen to know what secret she was being hidden.
The other characters are good and complex too. I feel that Davina is a good companion to Amber, because she helps her to solve some things that are blinded to the main character and her background is amazing too. The male characters are part of the atmosphere to produce a wonderful story, they have different personalities and balance the narration.
The narration is so fluent, simple and got me hooked to read more and more. You can’t say only one chapter, because you need to continue the reading to know the end of the book.
This part, the final, is maybe the portion that I feel that is not so good that I would like. I think that it isn’t my favourite section, I feel a little bit disappointed with it.
To sum up, this book was a really good reading with a lot of mystery, complex characters and an attractive narrative.
I want to express my gratitude to Netgalley and Avon to allow me to read this book.
In the novel, we meet Amber and Nick, who are divorcing, when we start to read it, due to an infidelity from him. Also, Barb (Mom’s of Nick) is introduced to the narrative too. Amber will be gone to live in another city and needs to sell Nick's family house. She decided to do an open door visit, but she saw that not all of the people that come to the house leave it. This is the premise of the book, but there are a lot of things that make the reader have a several number of plot twists.
In order to talk about the characters, I believe that they are so interesting. The main characters, Amber and Barb have a perfect balance in the narrative.
The first woman wants to live something that she thinks is “the perfect life” with her sons and her boyfriend, Richard. Her personality is something that I like most of the time, but sometimes when she is with Ricard I want to introduce myself in the book and say to her “Please, open your eyes and go out, because he is a bad boy”. By the way, I like her narration part, they are all so mysterious, and keep your attention to know what is happening.
On the other hand, Barb is like a lion, she wants to keep all the things like always and stay with her grandsons forever. Her parts are so agonizing, she made me feel desperate and keen to know what secret she was being hidden.
The other characters are good and complex too. I feel that Davina is a good companion to Amber, because she helps her to solve some things that are blinded to the main character and her background is amazing too. The male characters are part of the atmosphere to produce a wonderful story, they have different personalities and balance the narration.
The narration is so fluent, simple and got me hooked to read more and more. You can’t say only one chapter, because you need to continue the reading to know the end of the book.
This part, the final, is maybe the portion that I feel that is not so good that I would like. I think that it isn’t my favourite section, I feel a little bit disappointed with it.
To sum up, this book was a really good reading with a lot of mystery, complex characters and an attractive narrative.
I want to express my gratitude to Netgalley and Avon to allow me to read this book.