the last house on needless street review

For him, it is the anniversary of Little Girl with Popsicle, which has not been eleven years. This novel is so well crafted I guarantee readers will finish the last sentence and then want to go back and reread certain passages that now appear clear.Įach chapter is from the perspective of a different character.

I decided to just let the story unfold around me. When I saw the running list of blurbs from horror dignitaries such as Stephen King, Joe Hill, Adam Nevill, and Paul Tremblay, I went out of my way not to read anything about the novel itself. If you found this review helpful, please consider tipping me on ko-fi, checking out my digital items available in my ko-fi shop, buying one of my publications, or using one of my referral/coupon codes.I predict that Catriona Ward’s THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET will be a literary horror novel that everyone will be talking about. Length: 335 pages – average but on the longer side And keep reading even if you think you know what type of story it’s going to be telling. If you are intrigued by the last house on Needless Street and its occupants, pick this one up. This is not a repeated plot device of the book, and a character spends a sizable chunk of the book investigating who did such a thing. There is some cruelty to birds in the first chapter. There are therefore some elements that may be disturbing to some readers, but there is never gratuitous violence or sexual violence. There aren’t enough words for how much I love Olivia the cat. Who reads the Bible by knocking it off a table sometimes and then lets those verses guide her actions. A cat who believes she has a calling from the LORD to take care of her owner. Olivia the cat is by far my favorite character. So what can I really say in this review without spoiling things? This book is not what it at first seems to be (or even second or third) so if you feel yourself thinking you know exactly what type of book this is going to be and you think you won’t like it, keep reading, because it’s not that type of book. Turns out I had not figured it out, and it is that great. I thought I had the twist figured out and was all ready to be disappointed at it being not that great. What I can say after reading this is….there’s definitely a great twist that cannot be revealed or it will spoil the book. And yet they are all lies.Įvery review I saw of this book before I requested it on NetGalley promised an amazing twist that cannot be revealed or it will spoil the book. And an ordinary house at the end of an ordinary street.Īll these things are true. Ted’s cat Olivia believes the LORD sent her to take care of him. They sometimes have his daughter Lauren with them.

In this house lives Ted with his cat Olivia. At the very end of Needless Street lies a house.

The last house on needless street review