A review by pleasereadittome
The New Neighbor by Leah Stewart
2.0
The description would lead you to believe this is a thriller/mystery, but in reality it's the story of two lonely women reflecting on key decisions in their lives. It's full of regret, secrets and a hefty amount of vindictiveness, and still, it is actually rather dull.
"Neighbor" often meanders along, and you stick with it out of hope that the final chapters will end in a cataclysmic reckoning of past sins but in reality it finished with a "oh, huh, that's it?"
At half the length, this would have been an interesting character study, but the slim premise and generally unlikable opinion that forms of both Margaret and Jennifer makes it a disappointing, yet engaging, read.
"Neighbor" often meanders along, and you stick with it out of hope that the final chapters will end in a cataclysmic reckoning of past sins but in reality it finished with a "oh, huh, that's it?"
At half the length, this would have been an interesting character study, but the slim premise and generally unlikable opinion that forms of both Margaret and Jennifer makes it a disappointing, yet engaging, read.