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A review by obsidian_blue
The Dream Home by Theo Baxter
2.0
Trigger warning: We hear about multiple rapes and abuse, but don't read about the rapes specifically, but we do read about other abuse. We also do have a scene of sexual assault that we do read about though.
Look I'm all for bonkers thrillers. But this one was all over the place and just didn't make sense. And I don't think there was a twist. I hate when authors have that run on title and I'm like I wanted addicted psychological thriller with a shocking twist and I got none of that. Anyway full review to come.
Full review: Ugh. I dislike this more in the morning. I just don't get what was happening in this book. The main character was naïve to the point of exhaustion. And I guess the "twist" about [redacted] but it made zero sense at all that [redacted] kept things to themselves. I just kept going there are too many plot holes, make it stop.
"The Dream House" follows Ashlyn and her husband Mason. Married for 5 years, Ashlyn and Mason are finally ready to move into their newly renovated home. Mason designed the entire house (he's an architect) and Ashlyn who wants to get into interior design, selected furniture, paint, rug, etc. Of course after the move in, things start to go south with Ashlyn feeling like she's constantly being watched and her husband seems to be focused on her staying inside their home and never leaving it.
Look, Ashlyn is TSTL. The first "meet cute" of her and Mason screamed red flags and she keeps ignoring things to the point you are like, well if she dies, she dies because the insanity of her actions after everything just did my head in. Mason is not a developed character, and neither is anyone else we meet.
The bad guy[s] (no spoilers) reasoning behind this whole thing made zero sense. It just....I can't talk about it without revealing things, but I was left confused.
The plot was interesting (I picked it up to read because it was giving me a potential horror vibe mixed with a thriller) but the execution was deeply flawed. And I kept finding things that are revealed that I don't recall reading. Something is revealed about a character and I went back several chapters to make sure I didn't skip that part, I just scratched my head. The flow was pretty bad too.
The book ends and I still went...okay shocking twist?
Look I'm all for bonkers thrillers. But this one was all over the place and just didn't make sense. And I don't think there was a twist. I hate when authors have that run on title and I'm like I wanted addicted psychological thriller with a shocking twist and I got none of that. Anyway full review to come.
Full review: Ugh. I dislike this more in the morning. I just don't get what was happening in this book. The main character was naïve to the point of exhaustion. And I guess the "twist" about [redacted] but it made zero sense at all that [redacted] kept things to themselves. I just kept going there are too many plot holes, make it stop.
"The Dream House" follows Ashlyn and her husband Mason. Married for 5 years, Ashlyn and Mason are finally ready to move into their newly renovated home. Mason designed the entire house (he's an architect) and Ashlyn who wants to get into interior design, selected furniture, paint, rug, etc. Of course after the move in, things start to go south with Ashlyn feeling like she's constantly being watched and her husband seems to be focused on her staying inside their home and never leaving it.
Look, Ashlyn is TSTL. The first "meet cute" of her and Mason screamed red flags and she keeps ignoring things to the point you are like, well if she dies, she dies because the insanity of her actions after everything just did my head in. Mason is not a developed character, and neither is anyone else we meet.
The bad guy[s] (no spoilers) reasoning behind this whole thing made zero sense. It just....I can't talk about it without revealing things, but I was left confused.
The plot was interesting (I picked it up to read because it was giving me a potential horror vibe mixed with a thriller) but the execution was deeply flawed. And I kept finding things that are revealed that I don't recall reading. Something is revealed about a character and I went back several chapters to make sure I didn't skip that part, I just scratched my head. The flow was pretty bad too.
The book ends and I still went...okay shocking twist?