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!