This was my first Jo Nesbo, and I was not disappointed! 14 year old Richard moved to a new town after his parents die in a fire. He's a bit of an outcast, so when something horrible happens and a some kid goes missing, everyone blames Richard. No one believes that he actually saw what happened...and I probably wouldn't either. This book was out there! Definitely not for everyone, but I liked it a lot and thought it was great fun.

Thanks to Netgalley, the publisher, and author for the copy of this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a decent read but wasn’t what I expected.

Thank you for allowing me to read this book. I enjoyed the characters and their arcs, and found the plot interesting. I look forward to reading more from this author.

I have been a huge fan of Jo Nesbo's Harry Hole series for years. That series is nordic mystery, so I haven't read any of his work in the horror genre before. I did like the creepiness of this novel, but it fell a bit short for me. I think this book was a victim of my high expectations of Nesbo's other work. If you are new to his writing and enjoy horror, I would highly recommend this. If you enjoy a gritty mystery, then I would recommend you try out some titles in the Harry Hole series - it is amazing!

This was my first book by this author and I look forward to reading their other work as well. Really enjoyed this.

ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.

I’m backlogged with my ARC’s but working diligently to get caught up. I really enjoyed most aspects of this scary story! It had so many dimensions and every time I felt like I knew where it was headed, I was caught by surprise! There were some truly terrifying moments and I’ll definitely think twice before making a prank phone call or even picking up the phone! If you like horror and suspenseful thrillers with an unreliable narrator, be sure to check this book out!

I am going into this review with the knowledge of how much I enjoyed the Harry Hole crime series. This is a very big departure from his usual work. I was excited to see a horror novel from Nesbo. This one didn't really impress me as I expected. The over all story was good, but a bit YA for me. Maybe it is and I thought it was an adult novel. The main character is really unlikeable, but it really fits the storyline. I think in the end I wanted a little bit more from the horror element with this one.

I wanted to like this and there were definitely good aspects. The twists in time and reality were interesting, but I think the stark changes at intervals were jarring. The character through most of the book was severely unlikable, and not in a way that made it compelling. I think I understood by the end how memory and mental illness were twisting perceptions, but you don't know that until the end. If I hadn't gotten this on Netgalley, I probably would have quit reading before I knew the twist, which would have made it even less satisfying.

This book is told in 3 parts. Part 1 begins with Richard moving in with his aunt and uncle. When some of his classmates start to disappear and he gets blamed, he sets out to prove that he's innocent. He insists that there are dark forces killing his peers. This part read like a campy horror movie and was a great start to the book.

Part 2 takes place 15 years later with the story taking a sharp turn. This is where the first plot twist happens

Part 3 completely lost me. The story took another crazy turn and I stopped enjoying the book.

I don't think horror is for me. Too many unbelievable plot points. I also didn't like Richard, so it was hard for me to get into the story.

An utterly unique take on haunted house tales, with shades of those creepy folk and fairy stories from your childhood. This one stayed with me for a while after finishing!

I really wanted to enjoy this one but I just could not get into it. I tried for a bit but I ended up dnf'ing.

I've enjoyed Jo Nesbo's mystery books, so I was thrilled to see what he would do with horror. I'm glad I requested this one. Grief horror has been so good lately, and The Night House is no exception. Richard was a wonderfully written character, and Nesbo writes this age group with wonderful nuance—all of the ways childhood can be confusing and dishonest and scary.

A coming-of-age mystery thriller (labeled as adult but they might want to rethink this). It reads a lot like a YA mystery. It is told in three parts, and each part is more unreliable than the last. The main character, Richard, isn't the best of narrators and things become misconstrued as the book goes on.

If you think you know what's happening and you have everything figured out, you don't. I still don't know exactly happened at the end there and I'm pretty sure that was the point of the book.

3.75 stars

*Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this arc in exchange for my honest review*

Kind of slow to me - it was hard for me to get into. I need a book to grab me from the very start - this one didn't.

Now that was a TRIP of a horror novel unlike any I had read before!!

When 14 year old Richard loses his parents in a horrible accident he is sent to live with his aunt and uncle. When he arrives in the town of Ballantyne he realizes that he is immediately considered an outcast and bully. When the first teen and then a 2nd one goes missing, the local police dept. realize that Richard was the last to see both of them, and they start to wonder if Richard is responsible some way for their missing. Richard tries to explain to his friend Karen (another outsider) what happened the night that he and Tom went to do a phone prank on the old man that lives in the 'Night House', and it backfires.....sucking Tom into an unknown vortex of the darkness knowing he would never see him again, she immediately wants to help Richard to make sure that this does not happen. The old man warns Richard that 'your friend wants to burn, doesn't she?' This starts what will become the most unbelievable, strange yet SO scary story written by a foreign author, and one I will not forget anytime soon.

Author Jo Nesbo is a wordwide best selling author of some of the most terrifying thrillers.

I listened to the audio book, and will do it again, I am sure. it terrified me. Some of the most visual scenes of horror put in front of me. And to be truthful, the book made me tear up towards the end. Loved it and would recommend to anyone who loves creepy and VERY strange horror. Don't let the weirdness of the phone sucking Tom in fool you.....it is NOT what you expect!

I thought this book was super clever and I really enjoyed it. It takes place in 3 parts, centered on a guy named Richard. The first and longest part takes place when Richard is 14 and goes to live with relatives in a remote town. When weird and scary things start happening, he gets blamed since the town was safe before he arrived and his version of what happened just made no sense. I can’t go into the other parts without giving things away but it all points to the question of just how reliable of a narrator Richard is.

Though Richard isn’t a likable character, he was interesting to read about and I enjoyed the glimpses into his inner monologue. There were some really great twists in this book and I love when a writer takes the unbelievable and makes it possible to believe. I thought the 3rd part of the book was extremely well done; the author didn’t miss a beat in tying together all the loose ends in a very impressive way.

Overall, I really enjoyed this one- the first part has a bit of “what did I just read” to it but it all comes together brilliantly. Thanks to Netgalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I had a really hard time getting through each part of this book. The first part I flew through but my interest in the second and third parts waned. There were some twists of the story that took me by surprise but overall I didn’t find this book as scary or thrilling as I had hoped.

part one of the book i was enjoying, and it went down hill from there. i don’t really consider this a horror book. someone else may though.

It took me a while to get around to reading this book, even though it was a quick and fun read. The cover is stuffing and this was a good book to get me out of my reading slump.

I typically do not like unreliable narrators, but Jo Nesbo turned my opinion around. There are twists along the way, giving readers bits of information at a time. I thought I knew where things were going, I was incredibly incorrect. Even though I did not figure out where this book was heading, it did leave me questioning what I thought was real.

I picked up and tried to read this book numerous times, i just truly could not get into it. i think i'd still like to try another nesbo book tho