This book was like a car wreck that you just can't look away from. It was beyond terrible, but for some reason I kept reading, knowing it wasn't going to get any better.
It started out with such potential. The first chapter actually intrigued me and made me want to read more, but it went downhill from there. It's purely unbelievable, with a plot line about a typewriter that types on its own. I love suspenseful books, but this one didn't feel very suspenseful. Instead, it felt like a waste of my time and I feel it was my own fault for allowing myself to finish it.
However, I see a lot of positive reviews about this book so maybe I'm in the minority, but I just don't understand the great reviews. It left me wondering if we even read the same book!
It started out with such potential. The first chapter actually intrigued me and made me want to read more, but it went downhill from there. It's purely unbelievable, with a plot line about a typewriter that types on its own. I love suspenseful books, but this one didn't feel very suspenseful. Instead, it felt like a waste of my time and I feel it was my own fault for allowing myself to finish it.
However, I see a lot of positive reviews about this book so maybe I'm in the minority, but I just don't understand the great reviews. It left me wondering if we even read the same book!
Just creepy enough to be fun, twisted enough to keep you reading. Poor Paul is having a rough time, to be sure. This will keep you guessing until the last few pages.
A great read by Linwood Barclay. I thought the book was ending and then you're hit with all these twists and turns towards the end. Great Read!!
Good story, really grips you from the first chapter. Some unexpected twists keep you guessing all the way to the satisfying ending.
SUSAN S. (susieqmillsacoustics) -
Quite a thriller with twists and turns as Barclay is known for. This one seemed different with a question of the supernatural (perhaps The Case of the Haunted Typewriter may have been a more appropriate title?) but well done with surprising elements in the end.
This is the first book I've read by Linwood Barclay, but won't be the last. The plot was full of complexities that had me guessing until the last page. It involves an ancient typewriter that seems to be transmitting messages from two dead women who were killed on the very night that the main character confronted their purported killer, and was gravely wounded. The supernatural element was initially off-putting, but then evolved into a mystery with many suspects.
Thank you to LibraryThing and to William Morrow for an advance copy of this intriguing novel.
Thank you to LibraryThing and to William Morrow for an advance copy of this intriguing novel.
Is it possible to receive messages from the dead? College Professor Paul Davis in Linwood Barclay's novel, A Noise Downstairs, is trying to find the answer to this question. Paul has been under therapy with Dr. Anna White for eight months after getting hit on the head by a colleague, Kenneth Hoffman. Paul was following Kenneth because he wanted to tell him that his tail light was out. Paul notices two dead women in the back of Kenneth's car. Kenneth panics and tries to kill Paul but the police happen by and arrest Kenneth. Paul wants to write down his experience as a way to deal with it. His wife, Charlotte, finds an old Underwood typewriter for him to use. In the middle of the night Paul wakes and hears someone typing downstairs. He starts to find messages in the typewriter that he did not type and is convinced that they are from the women that Kenneth has killed.
I have read ten novels by Linwood Barclay and he is fast becoming one of my favorite thriller writers. I find his writing to be a mixture of Stephen King and Harlan Coben. His characters are always very unique and intriguing. A Noise Downstairs is told by the viewpoint of three characters; Paul Davis, Charlotte Davis and Dr. Anna White. I thought I knew what was happening midway through but after many twists, I was quickly proven wrong. This would be an excellent beach read and I would highly recommend it to those who love psychological thrillers. I would like to thank NetGalley and the publisher, William Morrow for an advanced copy for an honest review. "There's a noise downstairs...and it's not what you think." #ANoiseDownstairs
I have read ten novels by Linwood Barclay and he is fast becoming one of my favorite thriller writers. I find his writing to be a mixture of Stephen King and Harlan Coben. His characters are always very unique and intriguing. A Noise Downstairs is told by the viewpoint of three characters; Paul Davis, Charlotte Davis and Dr. Anna White. I thought I knew what was happening midway through but after many twists, I was quickly proven wrong. This would be an excellent beach read and I would highly recommend it to those who love psychological thrillers. I would like to thank NetGalley and the publisher, William Morrow for an advanced copy for an honest review. "There's a noise downstairs...and it's not what you think." #ANoiseDownstairs
I got about 130 pages into this and thought I had it figured out. I was way wrong! Definitely didn't see those plot twists coming!
