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The House Mate

Auteur(s): Nina Manning
Narrateur(s): Helen Keeley
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A dark, gripping, compulsive psychological thiller from bestseller Nina Manning

The perfect life? ...Or the perfect lie?

When Regi moves into her new house share, she's ready for a clean slate. A new home. A new routine. A new identity...

Desperate to escape the shadow of her past that follows her everywhere she goes, Regi finds the ideal distraction in the perfect lives of others on social media.

But as innocent scrolling turns into an unhealthy obsession, Regi will soon learn that seeking perfection comes at a price...

Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, K L Slater and Jackie Kabler.

©2020 Nina Manning (P)2020 Boldwood Books Psychologiques Suspense Thrillers domestiques Thrillers et romans à suspense Fiction Crime
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I read a lot of this genre and this one was better than some but not excellent. I enjoyed the details and mystery. I didn't find the descriptions of OCD to be realistic though, which took me out of the story a bit. I've had OCD since childhood and I think the author missed a chance to show how distressing it can be to the person suffering from it. Instead the protagonist often described it as being something she enjoyed, that made her feel better. This sounds more like OCPD to me, as though the author was confusing the two disorders. In reality, feeling compelled by OCD to perform rituals is incredibly upsetting and even disabling. The protagonist also develops a compulsion to follow an insta influencer which I thought was realistic and showed the ways that compulsions can develop and overlap with other anxiety reducing behaviours like social media addiction. All in all it was nice to see OCD represented more but I wish the author had used the opportunity to showcase the intense psychological distress of feeling trapped and controlled by OCD.

decent story!

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the book was good until the last 40 minutes. so much happened in a short amount of time and I'm left a little confused

good until the end. I'm left a little confused...

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It was interesting enough but the ending really jumped the shark and not 100% sure of what happened to who. maybe this is a better one to read with the flashes back and forward is harder to follow with audio

what did I just listen to?!

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this book had a pretty slow start, up until half way I was contemplating if I should stop listening. towards the end, the book got really interesting as we learned more about the main characters past. the instagram post readings are a but weird but whatever. solid 8/10.

slow start but really intriguing in the end

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Loved loved loved this book. I plan to read all Nina Manning’s books. It’s an excellent story and the narrator was perfect. Thank you Nina Manning and Helen Keeley. Xoxoxo

Top Ten

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Wonderful character development. Just enough detail. No idea what was going to happen - right until the end. Superb

Had me guessing right til the end

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POTENTIAL SPOILER BELOW:





One of the big reveals in this Nina Manning story is that the "Now" and "Then" storylines follow two different people. Once you understand that, the confusing & disconnected storytelling technique becomes much easier to tolerate. Manning should have *embraced* it and concentrated on the historical exposition and psychological suspense aspects of the narrative. Boldwood Books could have cast two readers to emphasize the point and readers/listeners could have simply enjoyed a very interesting tale involving women damaged/deranged by trauma.

Bottom Line: 'The House Mate' could easily have been better.. but it's not terrible. Yes, the ending is hard to swallow (and does some serious 'Dallas'-styled cheating), but the Social Media/Social Media Addiction commentary is topical, the exploration of compulsive behaviors is credible, and the conflicts between four young women sharing a flat in a college neighborhood are passably intriguing, moderately well-written, and quite realistic.

The production standards, sadly, compound the errors of the project:
Helen Keeley reads with professional timbre and cadence.. and clearly understands the panicky characters Manning intended (the neurotic tone is spot-on). Unfortunately, she also has a natural sibilance that sound engineers are unable to soften (avoid earbuds on this one) - and exhibits over-the-top voice-acting (some of her chosen voices are overwhelmingly annoying). The performance is noticeably below average.

I was able to get this 5/10 star book included with my subscription (as a free 'Plus' option) - and that's appropriate. The book represents a bit of a missed opportunity, but even as it stands it wasn't a complete waste of time.. if they ask for a Credit, however, spend it elsewhere.

Not As Bad As Reviews Suggest

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Been a long while since I've read a book I couldn't predict the storyline within the first chapter. Brava!

excellent !

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The narrator was great. The novel kept my interest throughout. The ending ... definitely not what I expected.

An ending that messes you up.

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I found the story very repetitious, without any development. And at the end nothing was clear. I never figured out that there were 2 distinct characters in the story.

Slow, dull and confusing

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