One House Left by Vincent RalphMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Thanks to Netgalley and St. Martin's for the pre-release copy of One House Left by Vincent Ralph. Here are my honest thoughts.
This one was a lot of fun, but it also had some pacing issues. I felt like there was a lot of repetition -
Family life: parents doing their thing, brother fighting and coming home late, sister crying on the phone, oh, I can't tell my family that I have friends
Friend group: I need to stay away. I don't want to. I'm gonna stay away. Okay, I'll hang out.
School: Oh look, another note/article.
All of this repetition made the first half of the book a bit of a slog, even though there were some interesting things sprinkled in to help make it still hold a bit of my attention, and I mean the urban legend parts, of course.
Once the 75% mark hit though, the story accelerated really fast, and skyrocketed straight towards an ending that was impossible to see coming because of the unreliable nature of the storytelling method.
All in all, it was really fun when it was fun, but the pacing issue knocked off a star for me. Recommended for Vincent Ralph fans, YA horror fans, and slow burns.
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