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|title=The House at Midnight
|author=Lucie Whitehouse
|buy=Maybe
|borrow=Yes
|pages=384
|publisher= Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
|date=January 2009
|isbn=978-0747596257
|sort= House at Midnight
|cover=0747596255
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So while I cannot strictly define what people will get out of this book, I have to say that I for one found some of the events a little melodramatic, some of the motives for the characters a little too implausible and broadly drawn, but all told the book was a lot better than it could have been. I approached what I thought to be the last big scene scorning the book for reaching an obvious conclusion. Not only was what followed not predictable at all, it wasn't the last scene at all.
I can still see people for whom 370pp of these kinds of people doing this kind of thing a little wearisome, but for those getting across that divide , there is a satisfying read within. It is a little uncategorisable, to repeat, which shouldn't normally be a problem. It's just that this mood piece does sometimes have a mood about it of not quite hitting all the bases. No-one edited the piece to include the recent smoking ban, and that is one instance I could mention of it losing the perfect edge it might have carried.
We at the Bookbag are grateful for Bloomsbury for sending us a review copy.
We loved [[If this type of book appeals to you then we think that you might also enjoy [[The Outcast Critical Incidents by Sadie JonesLucie Whitehouse]].
If this type of book appeals to you then we think that you might also enjoy [[The Outcast by Sadie Jones]]. {{amazontext|amazon=0747596255}} {{waterstonestextamazonUStext|waterstonesamazon=6272855034549931X}}
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