A review by nika_nix
A Noise Downstairs by Linwood Barclay
3.0
This was just so basic. I am still shocked that I managed to predict correctly the big twist after about 50 pages and that everything was so glaringly obvious. The last twist and the ending made no fucking sense and everything was wrapped up way to quickly and not properly explained at all.
I also hated all the characters and even though they have absolutely no personality aside from being "the good guy", "the bad guy" and "the bad guy, but there are worse", I was still so incredibly frustrated at the decisions they made and all of them feel very dumb to me. Every. Single. One.
I liked the concept of this and I honestly wish this went into the horror genre instead of being this messy thriller with no actual thrills. I can appreciate what the author tried to do and maybe I'd like this more had I not read a million other thrillers but this was just fine, nothing groundbreaking or exciting.
I also hated all the characters and even though they have absolutely no personality aside from being "the good guy", "the bad guy" and "the bad guy, but there are worse", I was still so incredibly frustrated at the decisions they made and all of them feel very dumb to me. Every. Single. One.
I liked the concept of this and I honestly wish this went into the horror genre instead of being this messy thriller with no actual thrills. I can appreciate what the author tried to do and maybe I'd like this more had I not read a million other thrillers but this was just fine, nothing groundbreaking or exciting.