The Night House has so much of what I enjoy in a horror novel - a haunted house, local legends, creepy forests...I could do without the insects though.
Before I even knew what it was about, I wanted to read it because I loved the cover.

The Night House was creepy, creative and full of tension. It's a pretty quick read that is perfect for fall and has a sinister feel throughout.
It's broken into three parts with the first being pure horror - and maybe my favorite of the three. The second is set in the future and the third was such an unexpected twist which is all I'm going to say because you definitely don't want to be spoiled for this!

The twists were a nice surprise. I didn’t expect them and wasn’t quite certain at first but after thinking about it, I am very satisfied with the way they played out.

I definitely recommend adding this to your TBR for spooky season!

Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

I didn’t like this one. Too many “quirky” plot twists making it hard to stay invested in the story. The writing style was also just not for me. I’ve heard a lot of good things about this author so this was disappointing for me.

Richard has been shipped off to live with his aunt and uncle in a small town. He's instantly cast as the "city boy" and an outcast. Tom befriends him but then he goes missing in a horrific manner and Richard is suspect number one. The only person who believes him is Karen, and together they begin to investigate what the police won't do. Then another kid goes missing forcing Richard to prove his innocence to keep his sanity.

The twists and turns in this story were imaginative and shocking. The Night House is a quick read, divided into sections of Richard's life. Perfect fall read with keen horror elements including a creepy house!

Thank you Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor for the complimentary copy.

This is the first book by this author that I have read. I usually enjoy horror but this story did not resonate with me. I found it rather disjointed with a flat ending.

Thank you to NetGalley, Random House Publishing and Jo Nesbo for the advanced copy of The Night House!

Richard Elauved is left orphaned after his parents died in a house-fire. He is an outcast in town and blamed for local kids' disappearances. His ally, Karen and him seek to find answers of what exactly has happened in that town and who is causing the disappearances.

This story was a fun ride. The plot was creative with an enjoyable pace. Split into sections, it allows the reader to dig deeper into the narrator from POVs from different ages. The first section really gave old-school horror vibes, then as the story continued, moved into a more innovative storyline. There were several components that could be appealing to many different horror readers.

Nothing is as it seems in The Night House by Jo Nesbo. Although this was a fairly short audiobook, I still found myself wondering when it was going to be over. I liked the twists and am still unsure of what actually happened, but the story just seemed to drag. Cool concept, just not wonderfully executed.

A surprise horror novel from Nesbo. This is relatively short (especially by Nesbo standards) and it's more in less told in three parts. The first might be the most compelling- Richard, a 14 year old orphan is sent to a youth facility because two of his pals have disappeared and no one believes his story about the phone booth. The second section takes place 15 years later, when there's a reunion and the gruesomeness amp up. And then there's the third section which makes you question what you've read. It's clever but it's also confusing. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. I'm not a big horror readers and picked this because it's by Nesbo so over to fans of the genre.

The Night House was most certainly an interesting read, not at all what I was expecting to read. A book filled with who dunnit and a child that at this point everyone thinks is a murderer and a pyschopath. He swears he watched an old telephone in a booth slurp a young man up until there was nothing left of him. He does his best to convince those in town that it wasn't him he didn't do anything that it was the man in the phone book. However the name in the phone book has vanished and when they do hear the name he is told that person is long dead and the home he lived in is a ruin.
Is it really though? A legend follows this home and its occupant, people are terrified but one young man is determined to make it known that this legend is real.
Almost like a version of The Mothman #TheNightHouse is a mind bending novel of horror and suspense.

I'd like to thank #Netgalley for the chance to read #NightHouse in return for a fair and honest review.

What a thrill ride if a book. Every chapter brings you closer and closer to what is happening and my god does it take you on the ride of your life. All I can say is grab a cup of tea and curl up to enter The Night House. You won’t be disappointed.

I was really excited for the Night House by Jo Nesbo. Its's Spooky season and I am ready for all the creepy horror books. Unfortunately, this book didn't meet my expectations. I will say it was a quick read and there were elements that were well done, but it did fall flat for me. The characters were one dimensional. The story didn't flow and was left open ended.

As we reach September, it’s officially time for my Spooky-Season reading to start. I chose “The Night House” by Jo Nesbo as my first official Halloween read and quickly devoured it.

Richard is the new kid in town – living with relatives after his parent’s died in a fire. He isn’t very likable, but admits that he purposefully puts up a wall against others so that he won’t be hurt by them first.

The story starts right out the gate, with the supernatural elements kicking in in chapter one. While highly unbelievable, I still wondered if what Richard is going through is actually true or a figment of his imagination. Either way, I enjoyed this part of the novel the most.

There are two big twists in this novel, and while I enjoyed the first one, and was really looking forward to the new direction the story was going in, the third twist – to me – seemed a bit cliched and derivative.

Overall, I enjoyed the majority this novel and finished in three days. The translation was excellent and was definitely a page turner, I just felt a bit let down by an ending that I’ve read and seen many times before.

I do like a good horror book, however this one fell a bit short. It started out good in part one. Part two and three were a bit of a disappointment. I’m sure this book will appeal to others, it just didn’t to me
Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the early copy

When I heard Jo Nesbø was diving into horror, I couldn't resist. My first introduction to his work was Headhunters, an art heist thriller that I absolutely adored, but in general, spooky stories are much my speed than the (still very good) nordic noir police procedurals that Nesbø usually writes. I'm not sure what I expected from a Jo Nesbø horror, but the Night House defied all expectation.

I can't recount too much of the plot without risking serious spoilers, but the story centers on Richard, a teenage orphan who hasn't really dealt with the loss of his parents and is, much of the time, a bit of a prick. He has few friends, and those he has, he treats poorly. When his few friends begin disappearing, under grotesque and unbelievable circumstances, Richard is the only suspect. The stories he tells are simply too outlandish to be believed.

The twists and turns that follow are surreal and sometimes dreamlike, giving the feel of a David Lynch movie with a bizarre, untethered plot. And, like a David Lynch movie, I had to sit with this book for a minute before I could really tell how much I liked it.

In that sense, this book is a perfect choice for people who like Catriona Ward's novels or movies like Barbarian that give you the impression that you're watching one story, when the real plot is something else entirely. Admittedly, that sort of structure isn't for everyone, though I enjoy it tremendously.

Along the same line, early parts of the book rely on archaic literary and cinematic tropes that normally wouldn't sit well with me (e.g. dangerously insane psychiatric patients and one character who is a textbook example of the "Magical Negro"). But as the "true" story of the book develops, I came to believe that the use of those tropes was by design, giving the first part of the book the feel of an old-school movie. By the conclusion, I felt like the depiction of mental illness and trauma that you're left with is a much more nuanced and compassionate one than I'd been expecting at the halfway point.

It may not work for everyone, but it worked for me. And, honestly, I'm astonished that Nesbø could fit so much plot into fewer than 200 pages.

I really, really wanted to like this book. I like Nesbo’s Harry Hole series and was really excited about a venture into horror, but this one fell flat for me. The “horror” scenes were a bit outlandish, and there were too many instances where I as the reader questioned what was actually happening. This isn’t the Nesbo I’d recommend.

As much as I wanted to love this it unfortunately fell a little flat for me. Although I felt like I was thrown into the middle of a story, I was sucked into this book at first. I loved the horror aspect and I was reading so quickly through the first part. Then the second part came into play. I was confused and it felt a little disjointed but I was still soldiering on, convinced there was going to be a twist. And there was. And it was fine. Everything after the first part honestly just felt clunky and weird. I sped read the third part because I just wanted to get it over with. This is my first book by this author and maybe it’s just not the writing style for me. Such a bummer since I loved the synopsis and the cover. Thank you NetGalley for the advanced copy

As a horror story, this just didn’t work for me. The situations were too far-fetched, laughable in several cases. However, the structure of the novel was creative and I liked how all of the important people/things reappeared several times throughout.

Thanks to NetGalley and Knopf Publishing for the ARC to read and review.

I will not be giving feedback on this title. I apologize but I don't remember asking for this book but if I did, again....I am sorry.

Richard moves in with his Aunt and Uncle after his parents' tragic death. He's instantly an outcast. One of his only friends is reluctant to participate in a prank call but when he does, he's sucked through the phone. When another boy disappears, Richard is in the spotlight as now there are two missing boys. (NOTE: This reads VERY middle-grade)

Cut to 15 years later..... well, no. I'm not going to cut to 15 years later because it would spoil it.

I think that this writer has that something special that is necessary to write horror. While the jump 15 years is a nice element, the first part did read a bit too junior for me. Still, this had everything else I love, creep house included.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Thanks to NetGalley for allowing me to read this novel before its publication date.

This was creepy. There were so many layers. I can't explain too much without spoiling all the twists and turns in this horror/thriller. It was such a change from Nesbo's Harry Hole novels, which are also great. I've been a fan of horror for a LONG time, and this one definitely hit the spot!

This was ... so boring. I'm bummed because I was really excited.... but man, I couldn't stay interested for the life of me. It was a short book though, so yay?