In The Night House thriller author Jo Nesbø takes a turn at writing horror. As it's marketed as being adult horror, I was surprised at how the first 2/3 of the book really felt like a YA novel. And then the narrative took a turn into unexpected territory. And soon after another one, that cemented it as not being YA after all. The book ended up being very peculiar and anything but predictable, but also pretty odd in the way everything panned out. Still not exactly sure how I feel about it overall, but I'll call it 3 of 5 stars.

I love Jo Nesbo's crime novels, but this is so different it fooled me at first. I think the characters are great, but I didn't like the reveal. I would try others from the author.

4 stars

This was my first Jo Nesbo. I didn’t realize he wrote horror and his other books didn’t really appeal to my tastes. Lord this book was good. I really hope he has more, or plans on more in the horror genre because his writing style is superb. I was fully invested from the very beginning and throughout the entirety of the book as well. I highly recommend this one.

Jo Nesbo never fails to draw me in entertain me.I did not realize that he wrote horror book this is as tense and chilling as can be another page turner.#netgalley #The Night House.

A big thank you to Knopf Publishing for being gracious enough to gift me a digital copy of The Night House in exchange for an honest review of the book.

The Night House pulled me right in from the first chapter. I am a sucker for campy 80’s horror vibes and that is EXACTLY what this book is giving! This story begins with Richard, an adolescent who begins to start witnessing kids his age go missing in extremely strange ways. No one believes him, and when he starts to dig into their disappearances himself, things go completely off the rails from there.

I didn’t anticipate any of the twists specifically, which is always a huge positive to me. This was like reading some elevated R. l. Stine Goosebumps books, with a lot more gore and substance to the story. There was even some dashes of romance sprinkled throughout. Fans of Riley Sager will swoon over this one.

The Night House publishes in October, just in time for Halloween - so don’t skip adding this one to your TBR!

I have read most of Nesbo's books and this one felt a bit more YA to me, and more of the supernatural, horror genre. I actually hope he writes more like this. Reminded me a lot of King's earlier work. It's not really YA, just has kids as main characters, there's a big difference.

The Night House is a gothic thriller.
Richard survived a fire that killed his family when he was a child. He has been sent to a rather insular town, Ballantyne. A classmate, Tom, is sucked into a telephone at the edge of the woods. Richard is the only one that saw it and no-one believes him except for one woman, Karen.
When someone else vanishes all eyes are on Richard and what many perceive as his false tales.
Can Richard trust his own eyes? Can Karen save him?

This started right off the bat and sucked me right in, pun intended. It was completely out there, reminding me at times of some of Stephen King's older short stories. There were so many odd, surreal moments where I was wondering what I just read but then it came together so brilliantly in the end, leaving behind any critique I had. This is completely out there, yet genius. Four Stars.

Thank you Netgalley and Knopf, Pantheon, Vintage, and Anchor for this ARC.

Love everything by Jo Nesbo. Great story, great suspense, a great beach read for a lazy summer afternoon.

This is a little too magic heavy for me. It had promise to compare to Stephen King or Joe Hill but it came up short

I received an arc of The Night House! Thank you NetGalley!

The Night House is a haunting, beautifully written novel that sucks you in from the first page. I was worried that the translation might lose some of the emotion but that is not the case. Richard is such a rounded, grounded protagonist and every action he takes you understand. My only main issue was while this is a very character driven work, the pacing could have been a little faster. I know this book will be all over BookTok when it comes out and it will be great to see what others think of such an enticing and thrilling novel.

Creepy, claustrophobic, and surreal - what real horror should be. In an artful tapestry of horror tropes, 'It', meets 'Night of the Living Dead', meets David Lynch on an episode of Twilight Zone. Everything comes together and pulls you along even if you try to get away. A new horror masterpiece. Don't read it at night, seriously.

I didn’t realize Jo Nesbo wrote horror books, but that’ s what the Night House is and it’s done beautifully. A story within a story, within a story, it’s a wonderfully scary, edge of your seat, horror novel with twist after twist. Loved it!