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Through the Wall

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A good book with an interesting concept. Neighbors who've never meant assuming things about the other's life and getting it wrong. It's very telling of the way society can be, with people never talking but making judgments about the lives around them. It was a little slow going for me, but overall fine.

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The story starts with a woman in a psychiatric hospital, a couple have come to visit her. Why is she there and what has happened?

Lexie and partner Luke live next door to Harriet in a apartment block. They have never met or even spoken to one another, but often hear each other’s live’s through the thin walls and have Googled one other, both envious of each other’s live’s.

Lexie and Tom are trying for a baby, they are always posting happy pictures of themselves on Facebook. They are going through the emotional turmoil of IVF.

Harriet is getting over an emotional break up with ex Luke, we discover in snippets why and what she did after the break up. She is jealous of Lexie’s relationship and wants to take Tom away from her. Harriet is mentally unstable and obsessed with Tom and Lexie’s life.

This creepy story just goes to show you really don’t know you’re neighbours. The chapters alternate between Lexie and Harriet, This book to be a slow burner but I soon found myself hooked by the story.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy in exchange for a review.

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This book is about Lexie and Harriet. They are next door neighbours who have never met but both have made the assumption that their neighbour is living a perfect life. Nothing can be further from the truth. Lexie is struggling with infertility which is having a huge impact on her life. Harriet is suffering with her mental health after coming out of a horrible relationship, The story starts with a couple visiting a woman in a psychiatric hospital but it is unclear which of the two neighbours it is. This is a story about obsession and revenge.

I started out on the wrong foot with this book as I read reviews that described it as creepy which it definitely wasn’t. I was under the impression it was a totally different type of book. It is quite a slow burner, I was 20% through the book before anything actually happened. Before this it was just setting up the story. I did enjoy the story once it got going but I thought that the ending was quite predictable.

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Did take me a while to get into this book and found it a bit 'hard going'. It seemed to get better about halfway through but I was disappointed with the ending.

Thank you to Netgalley and Avon Books for giving me the opportunity to read this book.

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Lexie and Tom, a lovely couple who seem happy in their life together, until you look a little closer. Leslie keeps noticing that things have been moved around, or disappeared entirely. Tom is away more than he’s at home and when Leslie tells him of her concerns he thinks she’s blowing things out of proportion, or losing the plot. Is she crazy, or is someone trying to scare her…to death? This is a well written suspense story that kept my interest throughout

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The best way to sum up Through The Wall is that the grass is always greener on the other side. Lexie and Harriet are neighbours, they’ve never met or spoken to each other. When does nosiness go too far? Is it a simple google search? How about stealing someone’s keys and walking around their home?

There’s a creepy tension that builds and builds throughout this story and I wouldn’t describe it as a typical thriller but it’s still very enjoyable!

My only issues are the ending which I found predictable and it’s very long with not that much actually happening until the end. There’s some great writing of emotion and pain which I thought which brilliant!

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