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The Couple Next Door *may contain spoilers*

17 replies

GetHappy · 25/11/2016 17:01

Has anyone read this? I've just finished and wondered other people's views on this

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LadyDeadpool · 25/11/2016 17:10

I have! Incoming rant now - I hated it, I hated the way it seemed to stigmatise mental illness especially PND. It made me incredibly angry and I left a review saying as much on GoodReads but it seems most people disagree with me! I honestly had hoped we had moved on from such dated views.

LadyDeadpool · 25/11/2016 17:13

Although if you're a member of "TBC" on FB I believe you are required to like it for membership of the group.

YouHadMeAtCake · 25/11/2016 17:15

It's on my list, what did you think of it?

GetHappy · 25/11/2016 18:14

Thank you LadyDead Pool. I've just finished it and I feel like it was a load of rubbish but read all the good views on good reads. Completely agree about the PND to be honest most of it seem written by a amateur and the ending was awful!!

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LadyDeadpool · 25/11/2016 19:18

Glad to see someone else hated it! Everyone fawns over it but it tries too hard and it is painfully obvious the author has no experience with children especially raising them or mental health disorders.

YouHad It tries far too hard to step into Gone Girls boots, but I'm finding I'm having that problem with a lot of thrillers right now, they see the success of Gone Girl and Girl on the train and want the same thing but it means all the books are the same tired tropes and you see the twist coming a mile off.

YouHadMeAtCake · 25/11/2016 22:38

Thank you Lady it's off my list now Grin

AgentProvocateur · 25/11/2016 22:45

I bought this for 99p on holiday from Book Bub, and I hated it. Predictable, cliched nonsense.

ChessieFL · 26/11/2016 10:55

I wasn't a fan either.

GreenGinger2 · 27/11/2016 08:59

It grew on me. Didn't like the stilted style or lack of depth to characters.

ShanghaiDiva · 02/12/2016 10:36

What bemused me was that the husband's parents never featured. So granddaughter is kidnapped and nobody tells them, they never phone or turn up?

Clawdy · 05/12/2016 12:39

I found the whole plot line totally unbelievable. I know there are always implausible bits in thriller novels, but this one stretched it well beyond! And that final chapter was a joke - just ridiculous.

lemony7 · 21/08/2017 11:57

Ugh. At chapter 13 and this book sucks! Totally giving up on this one. So glad there are spoilers out there to tell me what happens without me having to waste 8+ more hours on this Wink

WaitrosePigeon · 23/08/2017 22:13

I absolutely loved it. I read it within 48hrs. Seems I'm on my own!

Iamtheresurrection · 23/08/2017 22:16

Finished this recently and thought the ending was poor.

It's one of these books I can imagine being made into a 2 part tv drama.

WaitrosePigeon · 23/08/2017 22:25

Yes, ending was short and I was annoyed.

Can definitely see it on the TV!

rosybell · 26/08/2017 07:03

Literally just finished this! The writing was truly terrible and the ending ridiculous. Not sure why I actually read it all tbh.

SheGotOffThePlane · 26/08/2017 07:13

I agree with you all! Utter nonsense.

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