A review by beytwice
The House on Cold Hill by Peter James

2.0

After being told this book was an amazing little horror novel, I was surprised with how many issues I found with it. The dialogue and the characters' thought processes seemed a good part of the time to sound unrealistic to me, and the modernity of the time it's set in is almost distracting in the way it's presented, with so much of the book revolving around Facetime or a computer or a phone.

I also felt suspense was poorly executed for a great majority of the book, which is probably the biggest sour point for me. The former problems can be overlooked but if I'm not gripped by what I'm reading, I won't enjoy it as the horror story it was meant to be. Two stars if only because I enjoyed some of the concepts approached regarding time confusing itself, but really disappointed in this one.