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    The Doll House
    The Doll House
    The Doll House
    Audiobook12 hours

    The Doll House

    Written by Phoebe Morgan

    Narrated by Stephanie Racine

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    About this audiobook

    You never know who’s watching…

    ‘Spine-chilling … makes you realise how little you ever know anyone!’ The Sun

    ‘A brilliantly creepy and insightfully written debut. I tore through it’ Gillian McAllister

    ‘Unnerving and spine-chilling’ Mel Sherratt

    Corinne’s life might look perfect on the outside, but after three failed IVF attempts it’s her last chance to have a baby. And when she finds a tiny part of a doll house outside her flat, it feels as if it’s a sign.

    But as more pieces begin to turn up, Corinne realises that they are far too familiar. Someone knows about the miniature rocking horse and the little doll with its red velvet dress. Someone has been inside her house…

    How does the stranger know so much about her life? How long have they been watching? And what are they waiting for…?

    A gripping debut psychological thriller with a twist you won’t see coming. Perfect for fans of I See You and The Widow.

    Praise for The Doll House:

    ‘A spine-chilling tale that makes you realise how little you ever know anyone!’ The Sun

    ‘A real page turner, I loved this story’ B A Paris, Sunday Times bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors and The Dilemma

    ‘Unnerving and spine-chilling in its sentiment’ Mel Sherratt, million-copy bestseller

    ‘Tense, suspenseful and unsettling… Phoebe Morgan is one to watch!’ Lisa Hall, bestselling author

    ‘A brilliantly creepy and insightfully written debut. I tore through it’ Gillian McAllister, bestselling author

    ‘Atmospheric, dark and haunting, I could not put this book down’ Caroline Mitchell, USA Today bestselling author

    ‘Deliciously creepy, genuinely unnerving and incredibly confident, The Doll House is the stellar first outing of a major new voice’ Catherine Ryan Howard, author of Distress Signals

    ‘Unsettling, insightful, evocative and poignant, Morgan's writing is both delicate and devastating. [The Doll House] will haunt the reader long after the pages are closed’ Helen Fields, author of Perfect Remains

    'Totally engrossing from start to finish. A clever, clever book' Amanda Robson, author of Obsession

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateOct 4, 2018
    ISBN9780008325671
    The Doll House
    Author

    Phoebe Morgan

    Phoebe Morgan is a bestselling author and editor. She studied English at Leeds University after growing up in the Suffolk countryside. She lives in London, England.

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    • 5/5
      I was intrigued from the first few pages. About 1/2 through the book you can figure out some of the mystery. Still it was a great read, I am looking forward to reading more from this author
    • 5/5
      Awesome booked! Loved every second! The narrator is amazing! I highly recommend a listen!
    • 5/5

      Loved, loved, loved the plot. Fast paced, unputdownable, however I found it hard to connect with the character Corin. I found her self absorbed and a bit whiney but otherwise a wonderful read- very well thought out and written!
    • 4/5
      Really great story after a very slow start. Glad I stuck it out.
    • 5/5
      This was freaking awesome !!! Truthfully, it was just something for me to read in between my most favorite author Lisa Jewel books. This reminds me so much of something she would write. Very shocking twists the whole time through I really really enjoyed. It absolutely must read five stars definitely!!!!
    • 5/5
      Corrinne and Ashley are sisters who are still grieving the loss of their father. As the one year anniversary of his death approaches, strange and ominous things start happening in both their lives. Ashley is getting crank calls, and Corrinne has reason to believe someone has been sneaking into her home. Corinne's boyfriend thinks it's just stress, between the death of her father and their failed attempts at IVF. Ashley has her own troubles, what with her husband supposedly "working" some very long hours. Each of the sisters want to avoid overly upsetting the other instead of confiding much in each other. The complexity of the relationships between the sisters and with their significant others felt so real. I never knew who to trust from one minute to the next.
      Meanwhile someone has been watching the sisters from afar but they are no longer satisfied with just observing the life they think should have been theirs, they want revenge.
      I would not have guessed this to be a debut novel, it was a most impressive psychological thriller, full of suspense and family drama.

      I received an advance copy for review.
    • 4/5
      This book pulled me in right away and kept me up at night. What a great psychological thriller. I have not been this invested in the outcome of a book in quite some time.
    • 3/5
      Slowly but surely, I'm getting caught up on my NetGalley reviews. (I'm waaaay behind.) This time around, I finished reading The Doll House by Phoebe Morgan. It's a slow simmer with a bit of predictability and a lot of unnecessary information, but in the end, Morgan manages to redeem the book through fast-paced, constant action.The plot is a bit all over the place for the majority of the book, but, like The Roanoke Girls, this seems to be a technique used to drive the story forward. That said, the chapters end with a bit of suspense before the jump to another character. (Also, it should be mentioned that I HATE how Morgan switches between first and third person.) Unfortunately, the first 80% of the book feel like a drag. There's little to no action, with the most exciting parts being an apparent flashback to the antagonist's past. The last little bit of the book picks up drastically, which was a nice relief from what came before.I said earlier that it's a slow burn, and The Doll House really is. Morgan leaves enough clues throughout the book that a reader can pick up on something awful culminating at the end, but its done in a manner that is simply alright. For instance, the conflict between Ashley and her husband is unnecessary. The title, The Doll House, is a bit of a misnomer because aside from a few parts of the house showing up and a few references to it, the dollhouse is very rarely mentioned. (Also, let's take a moment here to point out that the dollhouse on the cover of the book is white and it's made extremely clear that the actual dollhouse is pink. That would have been a simple photoshop fix.)Now, the characters in The Doll House are really something else. Personally, my favorite is Ashley, the self-conscious, overweight mom of three whom I feel is quite realistically depicted. Corinne is more skittish than my Dad's dog, which is pretty impressive. Which... it amazes me that she keeps her job with how much she calls out in the book alone. The male characters are alright, albeit apparently quite handsome. Andy is a pig, but you'd have to read the book to see why.Overall, I didn't hate or love this book to death. It's a pretty solid three out of five, which is better than some of the other stuff I've read lately. I'd like to thank NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book free of charge in exchange for an unbiased review.
    • 2/5
      The original synopsis of this story did not mention Ashley at all, so I went into this story thinking it would only be about Corinne. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that this would be about both sisters. The story is told in their alternating voices, with brief interjections from Dominic, as well as moments from the past told in the voice of an unknown character. Of course, the unknown person was the most intriguing part of the story, and I was wondering the entire time who it could be. I found Ashley's perspective to be a lot more interesting than Corinne; I also liked her better as a character, even though not much was really happening on her end as compared to Corinne. But to be honest, I didn't really care much about what was happening with either one of them. There just wasn't enough emotional connection or depth to them to get me interested; every time I felt I was connecting, the story would hurry on and it would be lost. I had pretty much guessed the ending of the story so there wasn't too much of a thrill there. However, I WAS surprised by the identity of the unknown character; it wasn't the person I was expecting it to be. For the most part, this story was lackluster, and I was just trying to get to the end to see if I was right or not. The ending was the only interesting part of the novel, but it ended in such a cliffhanger way that I wonder if there will be a sequel. Overall, this was an okay thriller with characters I didn't really care about, and not enough thrill to keep me enthralled. I'm giving this a 2/5 stars.

      I received this novel as an advance copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
    • 3/5
      On the outside it appears as though Corinne has a perfect life, but after three failed IVF attempts she has one more chance at having a baby. When she finds a little part of a doll house at her door she feels as though it's a good sign. But as more pieces show up she realizes these aren't good signs at all. These are pieces to her childhood doll house. Someone has been inside her home. But why?Corinne's sister, Ashley, has three children. Her baby girl won't sleep through the night and her teenage daughter doesn't seem to like her much these days. An exhausted Ashley is becoming more and more frustrated with her husband as he spends more and more time at the office. When phone calls from an unknown number start up, she thinks that maybe her husband is having an affair. What else could phone calls like that mean, right? I tried picking this book up a few times, but wow - boring. I was bored until about 25% at which point I was disgusted. I don't enjoy reading about dead animals, real or fictional. And the author mentioned this same animal over and over and over. I get the connection, but there was no need for it to be in the book. It didn't add anything. Neither did the dead pigeon. I hate that and I was so close to dnfing because of this. But anyway, the story eventually picked up. It was suspenseful. I had to find out who was stalking Corinne and Ashley. And then it kind of fell apart for me at the end. So the middle part was fun but overall it's not going to be a memorable book for me.Thank you to Netgalley and HQ Digital for an ARC.
    • 4/5
      Corinne and Ashley are sisters who lost their father almost a year ago. Both went on with their daily lives, but are still emotionally affected by the loss as they were always close to him. Corinne is also trying to have a baby and down to their last round of IVF (paid for by Ashley). She starts finding pieces of her childhood dollhouse at first thinking it's a good omen for the future, but they seem threatening after while, appearing and disappearing so others don't take her seriously. Ashley feels her husband pulling further and further away from her while she cares for their three children on her own. As she grows frustrated at being on her own most of the time, her infant never sleeps through the night and her oldest seems to be getting more and more in trouble. Do their problems have perfectly reasonable explanations or is something more sinister afoot?The Doll House is a psychological thriller with some twists and turns. It's told mainly from three different voices: Corrine, Ashley, and a third unnamed girl in the past. Corrine is kind of fragile. From the very beginning, she's easily startled, still reeling from the death of her father, and devastated that she might never become a mother. I found her story the most frustrating because pretty much everyone in her life dismissed her very real concerns of her home being invaded. I found Ashley the most sympathetic because she is trying to a run a household and take care of three kids at very different stages while her husband spends more and more time at work (if that's what he's actually doing). She expected to have help and having everything thrown in her lap is only making her feel resentful and incredibly stressed as her children's problems worsen over time.The third woman remains unnamed for most of the novel. Hints are dropped here and there to make her relationship to the other girls more clear. Her mother mistreated her growing up, forcing her out at all hours to spy on another family. Over time, her mother's obsession became her obsession. I felt sorry for her, but only up to a point. The identity of this woman and her mother came as a huge surprise to me. By the end of the book, I was puzzled as to why they would choose to plan as they did. It seems like they would be easily caught by the end, successful or not, so why bother to be so secretive and perfectly planned only to give a stereotypical villain monologue revealing everything.The Doll House is an overall enjoyable book. My main problems with it are in the villains and the horror aspects. Based on the cover, I thought it would be more horror I also thought there was an inkling of supernatural that would grow into something more, but everything stayed squarely in reality. Other than that, it's a decent thriller that's well plotted and interwoven between the three main characters.