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Chargement... The Devil Upstairspar Anthony O'Neill
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. What can I say about this one? I read it pretty quickly, so that is a good sign. It kept my attention the whole time too; but there is definitely something missing. The story reads like a good gossip, one that you just want to know more about, but the writing is not up there, honestly. At some points it made my eyes roll, like when he spends almost an entire page describing the sounds a chair makes or the flushing of the toilet by writing “whoooshhhh, trrrrrsch, eeeeeekkkk”. I mean, wth? What I did love about the book is that it takes place in Edinburgh, so I knew exactly where and what he was taking about the whole time. Loved that, truly. Story is about a woman who moves into a new flat and has the most horrid neighbour upstairs that makes her life a living hell with all the racket he makes. Long story short, she turns to Satan to help her with the problem, lol. Oh! Ending is a bit of a floozy. All in all, a meh quick read. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Cat Thomas relocates to Edinburgh, fleeing death threats related to her job as a fraud investigator in Florida. Her Dean Village flat in an 18th-century building is utterly idyllic except for one thing ... the devil upstairs. This devil is an inconsiderate young dude who plays loud music, has wild parties and seems intent on disrupting Cat's sleep. Cat lies awake, delirious, dreaming of ways to kill him. Her past demons haunt her; at work, her investigations lead her into dark confrontations with invisible powers. Then, after one wickedly rowdy night, Cat complains about the devil to her colleague, Agnes - a flamboyant, witchy Goth. She suggests Cat accompany her to a conclave and Cat tags along, telling herself the Dark Arts have no place in her rational, ordered world. Even so, Cat's life becomes eerily, blissfully peaceful. Until one night, ambulances blare outside. The devil upstairs is dead. No signs of forced entry, no fingerprints, nothing. Cat convinces herself it had nothing to do with her. But she's on tenterhooks to see who will replace the old devil upstairs. Her new neighbour is devilishly handsome. Stylish, worldly, considerate, with a glint in his eye: he's too good to be true. Cat's infatuated. But nothing is as it seems. Problems disappear but fresh ones arise. Could this new devil upstairs really be Satan himself? Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Now you think that this would be plot of the story, but it definitely isn’t, the noisy neighbour is just the tip of the iceberg. He isn’t really the neighbour upstairs that she should have worried about!
I really enjoyed reading this; it is something that kept me captured from the first few pages. I felt that I was in the room with Cat a lot of the time, imagining how I would feel if I were her, the weirdness of the satanic gathering was very eerie and pretty much how I would imagine something like that would be like.
I have to give props to the author for mentioning Irn Bru, as it really wouldn’t be a book set in Scotland without the mention of the drink that almost all Scottish people I know drink!
I think the moral of this book is definitely a “Be Careful What You Wish For” type book, as things may be a bit crappy but it could end up a lot worse.
Anthony O’Neill wrote a compelling book and I look forward to reading more from him. ( )