The big estate has no servants except for one man called Shakes, but he is hardly adequate and brings nothing to the raising of a girl in the early 20th century. The rules keep her isolated almost entirely - she has no friends and doesn’t attend school. An infamous “She” who kills when a person in the family loves or feels strong emotion. One that caused the deaths of his parents and ancestors going back generations. It is a clandestine friendship because her father, Alonso, has given her rules she must live by in order to stay safe from a hereditary family curse/disease. We start with Iris and her childhood friendship with farmer’s son, Tom. Usually I need more concrete plot and explanations, but with this book I just went with it. There are many instances of foreboding and free-falling into the unknown. Is it cursed, haunted or is there just madness in the family? Is it from the Italian influence or has it been there all along? Thanks to the family tree, you can see how people are connected, but the anticipation of how exactly they will connect is a nice touch. The story is presented in multiple timelines all centering around the Rawblood estate - once owned by an English family and lost, rescued by Italian, Don Villarca. Without going into really squidgy detail, Ward adds to your feeling of unease with scenes featuring madhouse conditions circa 1917, vivisection from the 1880s, multiple miscarriages and pasts peppered with all manner of abuse. If you love rabbit holes that delve into darkness, madness, haunting and the unexplained this is the book for you. deeply frightening deconstruction of the illusion of the self.Deeply atmospheric, creepy and slightly disjointed in presentation, this is a novel where everything connects. An unspeakable secret binds them together, but when a new neighbor moves in next door, what is buried out among the birch trees may come back to haunt them all. And a house cat who loves napping and reading the Bible. A man who drinks alone in front of his TV, trying to ignore the gaps in his memory.
A young girl who isn't allowed outside, not after last time. In a boarded-up house on a dead-end street at the edge of the wild Washington woods lives a family of three. vel - An Indie Next Pick - A LibraryReads Top 10 Pick - A Library Journal Editors' Pick Catriona Ward's The Last House on Needless Street is a shocking and immersive read perfect for fans of Gone Girl and The Haunting of Hill House.
It's a true nerve-shredder that keeps its mind-blowing secrets to the very end." -Stephen King Named one of the Best Horror Books of All Time (Esquire and Cosmopolitan) - Winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror No. The Last House on Needless Street (Trade Paperback / Paperback)
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