Home Before Dark: 'Clever, twisty, spine-chilling' Ruth Ware

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Home Before Dark is perfectly suited for Halloween, with dark nights and foreboding atmosphere aplenty. While I was hoping for a bit more of a creepy and leading ending, I did get the following:

When Ewan “experiences” it, it’s all lies, made up for the purposes of the book. When Maggie experiences it, it’s from Hannah trying to scare Maggie into leaving. She was only five, when they lived in the house, and she doesn’t remember the people or events mentioned, or the “ghosts” she was terrified of, “Miss Pennyface” and “Mister Shadow”. After all, ghosts aren't REAL. The thumps and bumps, the flashes of the chandelier...the bells that toll on their own...and of course, the aforementioned song starting over and over on the record player...does Maggie NEED to be canny and careful? Did her father leave a trail of breadcrumbs in his wake...and will the truth she discovers be enough to keep the spirits at bay? Other things like Maggie ignoring her father’s dying wish or not taking the chance to at least discuss with her mother why she’d doing what she’s doing are all a bit contrived for the purpose of pushing the plot forward and strategically withholding information. overall, it's an effective and engaging ride, and if you can squint your way through the dubious bits, you'll have a lot of fun with it.I rarely read two books by the same author one after the other but these were in the same volume, so, having loved The Goodbye Quilt, I turned straight to Home Before Dark. For me it was a mistake. Whether it was me or the book is debatable. Initially this story was written 8 years before The Goodbye quilt. Could that be the problem or was it that I didn’t relate to the characters in this one as well as the other story. This story is told through two narratives: Present Day with Maggie at the house and chapters from the book her father wrote. I LOVED the way this flowed! A book within a book was so clever! It kept me gripped and invested from start to finish. Maggie was an awesome character who I loved rooting for. The house was an amazing character in itself! The writing was so powerful - highly atmospheric and chilling. I instantly connected with the writing and it kept me completely engrossed until the very end. Home Before Dark follows "a young girl who moves from Brooklyn to the small coastal town her father left behind. While there, her dogged pursuit of the truth leads her to unearth a cold case that everyone in town, including her own father, tried hard to bury." [2] Cast [ edit ] Main [ edit ]

Squires, John (2020-02-24). "Sony and "Stranger Things" Producer Adapting Upcoming Horror Novel 'Home Before Dark' ". Bloody Disgusting! . Retrieved 2020-09-08.Okay, this section is just a few things I didn’t say above about plot inconsistencies since I didn’t want to give any spoilers. None of this ruined or even dampened my enthusiasm for the book, but these are just the things I noticed. I’m only noting them here because I figure other people noticed too and are wondering if others caught them as well. Returning all these years later, Maggie, now a professional home renovator, hopes to piece together a bit of the truth while also working on prepping the property for sale.