Published by Atria Books Genres: Crime, Fiction, Mystery
Format: ARC, eBook
Welp, this book didn’t quite work for me. The premise of The Other Peopleis intriguing – a group of strangers at a country manor with a killer doing what killers do best! I thought this was going to be a great locked room mystery where the strangers must find a missing girl or else! The description dubs this Agatha Christie/ And Then There Were None meets Shutter Island. This pulled me in hook-line-and-sinker. Unfortunately, The Other People failed to hook this reader.
One positive is the twist that was seriously good. The characters are unreliable, unlikeable, and unappealing; at least they were to me. There were times which I thought what-the-actual-f—. But you must keep in mind that this book is a little off the beaten path, a little different, unique, and a little peculiar. Readers get the POV’s of the guests along with some input form ‘the beast’ which moves the book along.
This was an interesting ride, and I felt as if I should have figured ‘that out’ and ‘seen that coming a mile away’ but I didn’t. This is a book that is going to be polarizing. Many enjoyed this book more than I did, so please read their reviews as well.
Thank you to Atria Books and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
