Review: The Other People

The Other People by C.B. Everett
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Thanks to Atria and Netgalley for the pre-release copy of The Other People. Below is my honest review.

I very much enjoyed this locked room weird-as-heck mystery, as it definitely takes inspiration from Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None - and anyone who follows my reviews know I'm a huge Christie fan.

The characters were decently fleshed out, and the setting was sufficiently intriguing.

But - and that's a huge but - I was worried as the book went along that it would end up stealing bits and pieces from the ending of a movie I loved when it came out back in 2003, Identity. Unfortunately, it wasn't just bits and pieces that ended up in the climax and denouement, but an extremely similar story - to the point that I'm left wondering if there's even the slightest chance it wasn't pulled straight from that movie.


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Review to come upon release.

I really enjoyed this one up until the reveal. The whole time I was hoping it would not be a ripoff of the 2003 movie Identity, but alas, it was. Can’t believe that snuck past editors to get published…. Pretty sure Michael Cooney wouldn’t be happy the movie he wrote’s twist ending was taken.

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