There's Someone Inside Your House

2.75

wasn't expecting this to be as gruesome as it was... Tip: dont read this at midnight. You won't sleep.

wasnt expecting all that death either

anyways the first half of the story was sooo boring and the second half was so fast paced and addictive.

Its 1:30am and I know I'm not sleeping tonight, thank u Stephanie Perkins

Ooof. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised that romance writer Perkins created a make out/(consensual)sex heavy book that also happened to feature really gruesome slasher scenes. Unfortunately, the tension was low and the mystery wasn't interesting...or really a mystery. The characters checked diversity boxes (sort of, she did dead-name the trans character...nope) without being developed or engaging. The only non-boring parts were the slasher scenes, and that's only because they were Scream-syle detailed, yet the rest of the plot didn't get that level of attention. Have booktalked and will again, curious to see if there's an audience of teen interest for this.

I really enjoyed this one. It was your typical cheesy teenage slasher with teenage love story thrown in. The story was well paced and was an easy read. Would definitely recommend.

This book has below average ratings and some scathing reviews for “not being scary enough.” Now, I don't generally read gore or horror so maybe it's just my lack of perspective, but I was chilled by this book. But more so, I think it's because none of these people have been gaslighted. Maybe they're too desensitized by overindulging in horror lit. Idk.

As someone who has been stalked and gaslighted before, this book was a chilling reminder of how horrifying it is. Before every kill, the murderer gaslights their victims by opening and closing drawers, leaving items in odd places, moving furniture, etc. They do just enough to scare them, make them wonder if they did it themselves. I know from experience how unsettling it is and how scary it is to wonder if someone is in your house watching you. This was the most frightening part to me, the emotional tension. The murders themselves weren't terribly gory, but I don't think that's necessary to be scary at all. I think a balanced amount of blood was written in.

Now, folks, this is YA. So yes, of course there's a romance element. And from the time I realized this, I wanted to hate that aspect. But in a fun surprise for all of us, I didn't! Makani and Ollie are well written characters and their romance felt legit, complete with teen angst, family problems, and sexual tension. It didn't feel cheesy, insta, or forced so I actually enjoyed reading about it. They seemed like friends.

As for background characters, wth with Makani's parents??? They are absolute garbage monsters. Which makes me upset but unfortunately, it's reality for many people today. And I HATED the “townsfolk” who thought a serial killer would apparently never be able to hurt anyone they knew and kept leaving their children alone day after day and the people who used it for fun scares on Halloween. I was like “people cannot possibly be that dumb.” But then I remembered the state of the world right now during COVID-19 where people are seeing the danger and running right to it. So I guess that part actually cannot be discounted as unbelievable.

2.5 stars ⭐️⭐️

I do love me some Stephanie Perkins but this is Weak. Wanting to branch out into something gorier than fluffy romance is admirable and I hate to sound discouraging because parts of this are quite enjoyable, however this feels rather like a failed experiment.

I got this book free from the library and I am in no way obligated to mention that legally. Libraries are awesome, though, and I've decided I am morally obligated.

Fun and silly little romp of a read.

This was a fun horror debut from an author best known for her comtemporary YA. This book read like a teen-focused slasher film and reminded me of I Know What You Did Last Summer and Scream. There's a biracial black/Hawaiian female protagonist (our “final girl”) and good sex representation in which teens have responsible sex and feel good about it afterwards. There was some really heavy-handed foreshadowing about the protagonists “mysterious past” that turned out to not be as big a deal as it was built up to be. It was a fun, fast-paced read that I enjoyed more than I expected to.

the horror wasn't there and the romance was too there. this was a weird read. i didn't feel for any of the characters and there were too many introduced that added nothing to the story. the ending was so abrupt i thought my ebook was missing pages.

there were some fall vibes so i'll give the book that?

Rating: 2.4 leaves out of 5
Characters: 2.5/5
Cover: 3/5
Story: 2/5
Writing: 2/5
Genre: Horror/Thriller/Mystery
Type: Audiobook
Worth?: No

I was pretty excited to read this and then it got very ‘woke'. I didn't even finish the book. I decided to just watch the movie and didn't finish that either. If you want a good thriller just watch I Know What You Did Last Summer, the movie not the show.

I picked this up to skim so I could booktalk it as a “quick pick” and ended up reading the whole thing. So I guess it IS a quick pick! Geez, the body count, though! And more gory than I was expecting. But I do think this is a great serial killer mystery for teens: quick pacing, good characters, and plenty of blood. The killer's motives didn't work for me but I can see how it would for others. Fun!

Loved this story!!! It is great and tense. I gasped a few times. The movie on Netflix should not be allowed to use this title. The movie is absolute trash. But the book is fantastic! Totally recommend.

I haven't read this author before and wanted a quick YA horror to get lost in BUT sadly that isn't what I really got. There is some horror (more gory than anything) but it's mostly a romance between Ollie and Makani with horrific events revolving around them.

For me, this felt like it was a rushed, thrown together wannabe YA slasher read BUT this left so many questions unanswered (I don't want to say for readers who haven't read this yet). The ending had me frustrated too with it's lack of clarity...

I will say it is a very fast-paced and easy read so at least there is that. Overall though I was left disappointed.

While I was reading this I thought it was going to be a 3 star read, but that ending dropped it to a 2. So unsatisfying.

Picked this up because the title and cover art slap. I'm not familiar with this author but I see now that if I had been, I would have known to expect this book to be more teen romance than thriller. The romance part wasn't interesting, but the thriller part was pretty fun - I just wish the thriller part was more than like 30% of the book.