This book starts out good and creepy-it looks like a good thriller, ala The Turn of the Screw. And for the most part it is. I wish the authors would think a book all the way through to a reasonable conclusion. Instead, SPOILER- Ware leaves us wondering exactly what happens at the end. END of SPOILER. Wish I had something better to say.
having read all of Ruth Wares books, I was excited to get this one, except, it didn't grab me the way her others have. The main character seemed whiny, and complained a lot. The story was good, lots of twists and turns, just didn't feel like her others.
Good until the ending. Felt it was rushed but in any event did like the storyline.
Not sure what the hype was. Could not finish it.
If you liked 'Gone Girl', 'The Woman in Cabin 10', or 'The Girl from the Train', you should enjoy this thriller that I couldn't put down.
The story follows a young woman, dissatisfied with her childcare worker position in London, to a nanny job in an isolated area of Scotland. When the parents, both architects, take off for a business trip the morning after her arrival, she starts to wonder what she got herself into. With a crotchety older cleaning woman and handsome, young grounds caretaker the only adults around, she quickly becomes lonely without other adult contact and overwhelmed with a disruptive 8 year old, shy 5 year old and toddling 18 month old to care for. Plus, within days, the rebellious 14 yo returns for summer break from her private school where she boards during the week.
More hazards exist in the wild grounds than free-wheeling parents who are frequently gone should expose their young girls to, but more worrying are the creepy things that keep happening in the 'smart' house that is wired to watch your every move. Plus, there are those creaking footsteps above her head that the nanny awakes to every night though there is no known third floor nor attic. When the girls warned her at the interview that 'the ghosts won't like it', R should have listened.
I always enjoy Ruth Ware's books. This one kept me guessing throughout the book. She reveals a lot in the beginning but leaves you wondering how things ended up the way they did. I really enjoyed the suspense and mystery in this book. The ending was surprising.
Page turner. There may be some huge "would anyone REALLY do that?" plot holes, but Ms. Ware papers them over very enjoyably.
