A breathtaking, fiercely beautiful novel. Rio Youers, author of Lola on FireBreathtakingly brilliant. It is utterly compelling, and it deserves all the praise that it has been getting. I know this genre can have a reputation for vilifying mental illness, especially DID, so I was wary of mental illness coexisting so closely with horror in this novel. Her voice had a slight hitch around the consonants; she couldnt quite get rid of it. They stick together in my hands, bound into a twitching mass. Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2023. I dont know, I felt like all those big reveals thrown at us in the last parts were too muchI mean come on, too much going on with such a narrow character list. Mommy told him that these were the most dangerous kinds of wounds. This is an old comment but I just finished this book and I agree! * * *I clean my cut foot with disinfectant from a green plastic bottle. Bloody Disgusting"[A]n immersive, head-shaking, game of a novel that speaks to the horrors of a persons past and how a horrific event can leave people unchanged for the worse." Sarah Langan, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Good NeighborsThis book was like an onion. Ward writes, What was Dee feeds the earth. Haven't read anything this exciting since Gone Girl. Stephen KingSensational.I cant recall another novel in recent years that dares so much and succeeds so wildly. A. Most of the book takes place in Teds house or the surrounding woods area. Fuck this book and every author who blurbed it. I make sure the feeders are always full up and that theres water. Even a bird should have that. There she is. Sure.(I dont recall names but I have my ways of judging and remembering people. What really brought the book together for me was reading the very last ( spoiler). I get that look all the time. It was obvious the cat was an alt personality. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! The final chapters have to do a lot of the heavy lifting in explaining whats been happening which makes the book feel a bit lopsided. I've read it and was blown away. They dont print the other picture, the one of me. It brought everything in line as to the sequence of the Was an interesting read ,but at times frustrating ,with all the different characters relating their perception of the same events. I loved Ward's Rawblood a few years ago but The Last House on Needless Street is such a disappointment, just a cheap series of narrative cheats whose only purpose is to support the oldest and most cliched 'twist' ending in horror fictionwe are seriously supposed to believe that not only does the murder suspect have multiple personalities, but that the dominant one has a name coincidentally similar to the name of a girl who went missing years ago, who was killed by his mother, but not really, she was actually killed by her own sister, who has stalked the suspect and moved in next door, but has repressed memories so she doesn't remember killing her sister, and who gets written out of the narrative by dying of a snakebite, because her greatest fear is snakes, based on a childhood experience which is actually a false memory, and the suspect acts so weirdly throughout because his psychiatrist is mis-prescribing him outdated medication, and who vanishes without explanation once he's exposed, and all of the other child disappearances around the area are just coincidence. I fuss over her because when Lauren arrives later she will vanish. My feet are white and hairy. In the night someone went to each feeding place and put glue traps down, wrapped them around the wire cages, attached them to the balls that hang from string. Doesnt it make you feel strong?. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Maybe the internet has an idea. * * *I fetch the newspaper from the front step. The idea of such horror in a person seems unrealistic. The birds lie all over the yard, scattered on the parched grass. I dont want her to get the birds in my yard. (I dont always get tenses right. I dont like that. What a waste of time. Ted is a recluse, living in a boarded up house at the end of Needless Street with his young daughter Lauren and his cat Olivia. save . As every other reviewer here will say: it's hard to review this book without spoilers. The ending is propulsive and shocking and definitely had me re-running prior scenes in my head to assist with putting the pieces together. Sarah Pinborough, New York Times bestselling author of Behind Her EyesYou dont read The Last House on Needless Streetyou survive it. This novel is dynamic. I usually highlight passages when I read on kindle and make notes in preparation for review. SFF World"This is a true page-turner. I couldnt put it down. The photograph was fading even then, their features growing pale. I'm very late to the party but I completely agree (except I never read anything else by the author). Not as much fun throwing rocks when theres nothing to break. ISBN: 9781788166188. The lawnmower still buzzes somewhere on the block, the scent of cut grass is sticky and green on the air. The city should deal with stray cats like they do the other vermin.Oh, I agree, I say. Download Now, A World Fantasy and August Derleth Award Finalist!An Indie Next Pick! Each idea makes me feel weirder. No hunting cabin, nothing like that? She wiped sweat off her top lip. Thank you to the author, publishers Viper Books and NetGalley UK for access to an advance readers ebook. This one grabbed my attention on social media, partly because of the glowing reviews and partly because the blurb sounded like the kind of story I love. Having read the award winning Catriona Ward's incredible debut, Rawblood, it is not surprising that her latest novel, an atmospheric gothic horror, the darkest of fairytales, is one of the books of 2021. Its terrifyingly real and physically upsetting, yet, like the best of the genre, it leaves space for hope to ultimately shine through." Often books with multiple POVs are confusing, but the authors style of writing made it flow well and easy to read. Scary to say the least. The book is so well written and Catriona Ward brought the setting to life with beautiful descriptions. They searched other houses but the article made it sound like it was just mine and I guess those people were smart enough to cover their faces. Highly recommend if you enjoy reading books that truly keep your mind reeling! The police searched the houses of everyone in the county who might hurt children. (I expect everyone feels this about their cat. Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2023. Its definitely going to be in my top ten books of the year! An unspeakable secret binds them together, and when a new neighbor moves in next door, what is buried out among the birch tr. STARRED reviews from Library Journal and Publishers Weekly!One of Library Journal's Best Horror Books of 2021One of Bustle's "Most Anticipated Books of September""[A] terrifying exploration of human consciousness that excavates character like an ice pick chipping through an ancient glacier: The deeper one goes, the chillier it gets." I laughed and picked her up. Dark and relentlessly twisty, the best thing I've read this year. Lisa Hall, author of The PartyNot only edge of the seat, terrifying suspenseful horror, but it also broke my heart into tiny pieces. The birds make no sound. We have to look out for each other.Thats what I always say. I am polite.Youve got a nice smile, Ted, you know? Please try again. And a house cat who loves napping and reading the Bible. Burning questions keep you plunging forward: Where does Teds daughter go when she goes away? What, exactly, is wrong with Ted? 'Little Eve' (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2018) won the 2019 Shirley Jackson Award and the August Derleth Prize for Best Horror Novel at the 2019 British Fantasy Awards, making her the only woman to have won the prize twice, and was a Guardian best book of 2018. The sidewalk is still warm underfoot, not hot. Theres only a small handful of books Ive read which have made me feel like that, and Im sure Ill be thinking about it for a long time to come. Thank you to the author, publishers Viper Books and NetGalley UK for access to an advance readers ebook. This books style is so beautiful unexpectedly so for its genre and content that I forgot that plot itself can be just as riveting. So therefore, I wont go into specifics on the book, just my thoughts on it overall. Traces of cologne, sweat, squeaky rubber and chemicals. Each element finds its way back to each other, and they complete each other in unbelievably satisfying ways. I was feeling things I didn't want to feel and by the end i understood those feelings. Striving to bring you the latest and greatest of everything from the genre we love. You could hear the sea in her voice. Her eyes are big in the shadow of her hat brim, the fingers clenched on the stick as if she thinks someone might take it away from her. A stolen child. 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. And yet they are all lies You think you know what's inside the last house on Needless Street. Alma Katsu, author of The Hunger"A risky, gleeful descent into a house without windows or doors. The headline was SUSPECTS HOUSE SEARCHED. Bannerman, is this your only residence? The Last House on Needless Street follows Ted, who lives with his daughter Lauren and his cat Olivia in an ordinary house at the end of an ordinary street. I am overwhelmed. They live among the trees, behind a skin so thin you could scratch it open with a fingernail. Really disappointing ending and one most could see from a mile away. But thisthis is a whole new level. I would say I inhaled this in one, but I think I was too busy holding my breath throughout. He's unemployed and drinks a lot. A . CATRIONA WARD was born in Washington, DC and grew up in the United States, Kenya, Madagascar, Yemen, and Morocco. An unspeakable secret binds. There was a lot of buzz surrounding The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward, so I knew I had to bump it to the top of my TBR pile, and Im so glad I did. STARRED reviews from Library Journal and Publishers Weekly!Named one of the "50 Best Horror Books of All Time" by Esquire! An Indie Next Pick! It's a true nerve-shredder that keeps its mind-blowing secrets to the very end. But I was ALWAYS wrong. I highly recommend this book. Ted is a very unnerving individual who I did find myself feeling sorry for as Catriona Ward revealed more of his backstory. As soon as I replaced a pane another rock came through. They have to live with people but, worse, they have to love them. Ward won the August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel for her debut, , making her the first woman to win the prize twice. Word Wise helps you read harder books by explaining the most challenging words in the book. You got to look after yourself, Ted, she says. I don't doubt that this has or still happens unfortunately. The first few chapters are disorientating. Her fear of snakes is not based on a false memory, the snakes slithered out from beneath Lulu when Dee tried to move her. Currently, her focus is on Ted Bannerman and the strange house on Needless Street. "The Last House on Needless Street" by Catriona Ward is definitely worth all the hype! In this way, Ward does not use mental illness as a thing to be afraid of and, instead, treats it as a fact of the characters realities as something horror curls itself around just like any other element in the novel. To me it is a tightly woven tale, full of tension and intrigue, with the truth just dangled tantalisingly out of reach. Alex North, author of The Whisper ManAbsolutely brilliant. "The buzzis real. This isnt just a thriller; its a sleek, diabolical, stress-inducing machine. Jonathan Janz, author of The Siren and the Specter"Its one eerie mind-bender of a novel in the best way." Maybe I felt worst about her. I've read it and was blown away. Theyre not meant to stay put for long.My hands shake as I turn the keys in the three big locks on the back door. Bravo and a round of applause to Catriona Ward!!! But they walk in the other direction when they see me coming. I think every reader will have a different experience with it, and thats what makes it so original and exceptionally well written. The birds close their eyes and pant in the fumes. I would not let this woman near Olivia. The dog pants and grins at me. BooklistWhat did I just read?! She finds a disc of sun, flings herself down and blinks in my direction. This novel is so well crafted I guarantee readers will finish the last sentence and then want to go back and reread certain passages that now appear clear. These thoughts do not make me feel good.I make a list. But it ends in a way that makes me somehow feel tranquil. I have a lot of gauze and bandages about the place. Your post just bumped it to the top of my TBR list! Dee and her ending was kind of a let down. Id describe this as a psychological mystery. Please try again. In the dark forest at the end of Needless Street, lies something buried. But I kept going because I was confused and felt that I might still be right. I don`t even want to try and review it, because I won`t do it justice. But maybe they are connected. It sounds trite but this is story-telling at it's finest. It really messed with my mind. They remember. your poor foot, the woman is saying. This isnt just a thriller; its a sleek, diabolical, stress-inducing machine. Jonathan Janz, author of, Tor Nightfire; 1st edition (September 28, 2021). Terrifying. Sometimes if they had it they gave it to me, and sometimes they even bought it for me. 2023 One hundred and thirty-two years of editorial freedom. This has all the staple elements I look for in a horror novel of creepiness, suspense, and well, things that will genuinely freak you out. Catriona Ward builds on a dark, foreboding atmosphere as the plot unfolds. There's a lake at the end of Needless Street, a place families have enjoyed for generations. The actual description of the procedure is short and cold: The third incision, she said, is superficial, outer dermis only. Her hands followed the words. Ward doesnt need to give us anything more than that; our mind will supply the rest. Its old, with a striped yellow-and-black label. I had previously recommended Catriona Ward`d first two novels on this sub. The can flies wide and hits the fence post with a noise like dunggg. Meanwhile, Lauren is confronting Ted/Dad about his providing her with more freedom and allowing her to get out of the house, where she is being home-schooled. This is one of the best books Ive read in quite some time. When they parted with a whoosh and released people in a blast of cold air, I asked for candy. She studied English at the University of Oxford, and later, completed a Creative Writing Masters at the University of East Anglia. Dee is left petrified of snakes, thinking she knows who took her sister, she fixates on Ted Bannerman, even though there was CCTV showing he was in a store, with scores of witnesses at the time, proving he had nothing to do with the taking of Lulu. She goes slowly, in her uneven clawless limp, as if it is her own idea.I collect the living birds. Overall it was entertaining, Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2023. Synopsis It looks like we don't have a Synopsis for this title yet. A teenage girl who isn't allowed outside, not after last time. * * *I wasnt allowed to wait inside while they did it, so I stood out on the steps. You take everything from me, Theodore. He makes for a fascinating character. They got in big trouble for that. It happened so many times that I gave up and nailed plywood over the windows. A teenage girl who isn't allowed outside, not after last time. Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2023. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); The JournalStone Network is your source for horror news and reviews. Ted is an odd sort of a fellow. The Last House on Needless Street follows Ted, who lives with his daughter Lauren and his cat Olivia in an ordinary house at the end of an ordinary street. I've read it and was blown away. Broadly, the novel follows Ted, a man living alone in his mid-30s, his daughter Lauren, his lesbian Bible-reading cat Olivia and a woman named Dee who lost her younger sister in an abduction years ago. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. I highly recommend this book. At several points of the novel I was convinced I'd cracked it, and felt very smug. I mix the baking soda and vinegar in the bag and fasten it to the hose with a rubber band. Hushed, like its remembering.When I see the front page my stomach goes into curls and knots. The morning is too quiet. Believe me, you will have plenty of questions throughout this story, and it is better to just go with the flow and allow the narrative to transport you. Whilst I had my suspicions fairly early on about what was going on, I still enjoyed every second of it. The characters were amazing and creepy. I loved being suspicious, piecing it together in my mind, feeling a tad disoriented. This is such a twisted story. The Last House on Needless Street? STARRED reviews from Library Journal and Publishers Weekly!One of Library Journal's Best Horror Books of 2021.Named one of the "50 Best Horror Books of All Time" by Esquire! Everything always feels like its happening now and sometimes I forget it actually happened then. What really happened to Dees sister? MEDIA REVIEWS. I write at the top: The Murderer. She read English at St Edmund Hall, Oxford and is a graduate of the Creative Writing MA at the University of East Anglia. Just when you think youve figured out what is really going on, youll probably realize you were wrong." Much of the novel drifts between past and present, and it can at times become difficult to determine where we are on the timeline. For him, it is the anniversary of Little Girl with Popsicle, which has not been eleven years. Ward won the August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel for her debut, The Girl from Rawblood, and again for Little Eve, making her the first woman to win the prize twice. I was completely enthralled. Joe Hill, New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman"A breathtakingly ambitious book, gorgeously written, and never once shies away from showing you its fangs and its beautiful blood-filled heart. Ward's third breakout novel The Last House on Needless Street (2021 - Viper, Tor Nightfire) won the August Derleth Prize and has been shortlisted for the Kitschies, the British Book Awards, the South Bank Award, and the World Fantasy Award. 'The Last House on Needless Street' (Viper Books, Tor Nightfire) was a Times Book of the Month, Observer Book of the Month, March Editors Pick on Open Book, a Between the Covers BBC2 book club selection, a Times bestseller, and is being developed for film by Andy Serkiss production company, The Imaginarium. Tor Nightfire (September 28, 2021) She studied English at the University of Oxford, and later, completed a Creative Writing Masters at the University of East Anglia. Reviewed by Ray Palen. She was born far away, Mommy, under a dark star.I think, Just leave it there, forget Ive seen it. The Chihuahua lady is standing right up close. Ward is the internationally bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street. Please, just read it. 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