The People at Number 9 (Audible Audio Edition) Felicity Everett Jenny Funnell HarperCollins Publishers Limited Books
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'Have you met them yet, the new couple?'
When Gav and Lou move into the house next door, Sara spends days plucking up courage to say hello. The neighbours are glamorous, chaotic and just a little eccentric. They make the rest of Sara's street seem dull by comparison.
When the hand of friendship is extended, Sara is delighted and flattered. Incredibly, Gav and Lou seem to see something in Sara and Neil that they admire, too.
In no time at all, the two couples are soul mates, sharing suppers, bottles of red wine and childcare, laughing and trading stories and secrets late into the night in one another's houses. And the more time Sara spends with Gav and Lou, the more she longs to make changes in her own life. But those changes will come at a price.
Soon Gav and Lou will be asking things they've no right to ask of their neighbours, with shattering consequences for all of them....
Have you met The People at Number 9? A dark and delicious novel about envy, longing and betrayal in the suburbs.
The People at Number 9 (Audible Audio Edition) Felicity Everett Jenny Funnell HarperCollins Publishers Limited Books
What happens when you become so close to a friend or neighbor ? Are you drawn closer or too close?Familiarity Breeds Contempt? OR does Familiarity Breed?
People at #9 is a story of neighbors and their close relationships. A very good read and the ending might be predicable but that's is up to the reader.
A very good book and I recommend it.
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The People at Number 9 (Audible Audio Edition) Felicity Everett Jenny Funnell HarperCollins Publishers Limited Books Reviews
A fascinating psychological study of jealousy and suburban intrigue. I couldn't put it down.
I couldn't put this book down. What I enjoyed most was the dialogue between the characters which was so realistic. Most of us have probably had a friend or friends that we put up on a pedestal and who then let us down in a big way. If you are a people person you'll love this book!
This was a strange book for me. Although it kept my attention on the whole throughout, I finished the book feeling rather flat. There was a nice build up for the characters and some bubbling under potential highs, but they never quite surfaced properly for me. I think the reasons for that could have been that I didn't quite connect with the characters fully and also, some of the things that they did just didn't gel for me. I'd really love to expand on some of these here, for credibility, but I thing doing this would mean spoilers and that's something I just don't do in reviews.
Sara and Neil have new neighbours. They intrigue Sara and she contrives a meeting between herself and Lou. They appear to hit it off and the two couples subsequently become friends. As the relationship develops, cracks start to appear and it soon becomes evident that the relationship is becoming unhealthy. But the two couples crack on, Sara and Neil making some very big changes in their lives. Changes that I had a bit of a hard time swallowing occasionally. Changes that, on the face of it, as a reader, one step removed from the characters, I just sat there and thought "what?!" It seemed that signs were ignored and, when it all blew up, I thought of several more important reasons for it to have happened earlier in the relationship. Sara must have been a pretty big camel for her to have taken what happened on her back before the, slightly lesser, thing that broke it occurred.
I said that I didn't connect with the characters. I think that is more to do with me than the actual characters. I guess, like life, you just don't gel with everyone and I don't think I had enough in common with them to really care that much about them. They also did some pretty silly things too, which irked me a bit. I did connect in some way though as I did shout at them a fair few times throughout the book so I guess I have just contradicted myself re the caring thing in a way!
Reading that back, it should have been a book I gave up on but, and this is credit to the author, she did keep me reading. Kept my attention more or less throughout and it was a book that I did finish quite quickly, so there is something there. I think possibly that this may not have been the right book for me but, my rule is, if I finish a book, I post a review. And I did finish this one, albeit it not with a satisfied feeling at the end. Which leads me to think that it is probably a good book, just not a good book for me. I will be interested in reading others' thoughts on it once it has been released.
The crux would I read another by this author? Yes, I probably would as I did get on with the author's writing style, but I would cherry pick and definitely make use of the sample system.
My thanks go to the publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book.
I can't say this was a fun read but it was engaging in a train wreck sort of way. I wanted to see what the falling out we're told happened at the outset was going to be like. As the fallout is expected, the suspense is subdued but there was still a decent build up of tension between the couples. It's not a when but a how spectacularly will it all come crashing down into a mess. This did feel like it took a bit of time getting there and once it did, we don't see the details of the fallout, the confrontations are absent. It was very abrupt and then it's eighteen months later before the story ties up and shows us the door.
There are no heroes here and I can say that I'm not on anyone's side in this mess. They're all culpable and frankly only brought out the worst qualities in one another. Sara's a complete flake & very juvenile throughout. Lou & Gavin are shockingly messy & unconscionable. Lou's dilettantism was so transparent that only someone as teen girl star struck as Sara could miss it. Neil was least objectionable and even with his single transgression, I still more felt for him as Sara was playing the martyr and withholding her own sins. Have to say though, there's a very satisfying moment when a betrayal is revealed to someone who was doing their level best to do the same to someone else.
I'd read another by Felicity Everett. She had a flair for prose that I enjoyed. Recommended if you need something to take along for the weekend.
Very slow read...I felt like I was always waiting for something to happen. And it didn't. After reading the summary, I was intrigued by this book. But sadly, I didn't even finish it.
What happens when you become so close to a friend or neighbor ? Are you drawn closer or too close?
Familiarity Breeds Contempt? OR does Familiarity Breed?
People at #9 is a story of neighbors and their close relationships. A very good read and the ending might be predicable but that's is up to the reader.
A very good book and I recommend it.
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