And Then There Were None....with a twist? Sure.

10 strangers in a country house, one by one....people start to die. Who is killing everyone?

Well, because these were some of the worst people......I can see WHY they were picked.

It's been done 100 times and 100 times it's been done better.

Thanks to netGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read and review this book.

DNF @ 20% | I'd heard enough about this book (especially the ending) that I had to give it a try but unfortunately I put it down before I reached the much-talked about ending. Why I put it down: 1) The characters. There were two many of them and they were too unlikeable. I can deal with unlikeable characters, but these felt extreme and I couldn't tell them apart. 2) Over the top drama. This read like satire even though (I'm fairly certain) it wasn't. I've been told the ending makes it all make sense, but I just couldn't read 95% of a book I wasn't enjoying to get to the last 5% and trust that it would redeem it.

Buckle up and get ready for the ride of your life!

This story is…*chef’s kiss*. Easily adding it to my favorites!

When 10 seemingly strangers wake up in eerily unfamiliar yet familiar rooms in a giant old house, they must figure out who brought them there and for what purpose. A surprise dinner guest that evening reveals that they are on the hunt for a serial killer holding a young woman and it is their job to find her.

Attempting to mesh these very different personalities proves hard for them to agree on a plan and work together. The house is very well secured and impossible to escape. Fingers begin to point and blame is cast when guests begin dropping like flies. Will they find the young woman before time runs out? Who’s responsible for this terrifying adventure? Who is the beast in the cellar?!

There are twists and turns and “Easter eggs” throughout the entire story. But I can pretty much guarantee it’s not the twist you’re expecting! Not your typical whodunnit, this story takes you somewhere you were never expecting to go…. just like the guests.

Thank you Atria Books and NetGalley for providing this book for review consideration. All opinions are my own.

A group of strangers wake up in a mansion and they had no clue how they got there. The mansion was locked up and they had 12 hours to find this girl or she dies. I thought that with all the characters happening in this story it was kinda confusing. This book gave off Agatha Christie vibes to me which isn't bad. the story line was good I was engaged the entire time and the twist at the end is so good.

A crazy whodunit that had me on the edge of my seat. The Other People had all of the elements of a spooky mystery novel with a slight horror element. Set in an old gothic manor, ten strangers are tasked with finding a missing girl before twelve hours is up. One by one, the strangers start to be killed off by someone in the house… but who?

I love when authors pay homage to stories from the past and here Everett clearly gives a nod to Agatha Christie. I do think that is the only similarity you should know before going in because comparing it to any other novel or movie may ruin the surprise twist at the end. Going into the book blind makes the ending that much creepier.

I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, even finishing it in a day. It was gruesome in detail, just enough to creep me out but keep me invested in the story. I had a sort of morbid curiosity while reading this book always wanting to know how the next person would be eliminated.

While I did like the twist at the end and didn’t see it coming until right before the reveal, I was thoroughly confused at some points even questioning a paranormal element because there were a lot of logistical things that did not make sense. If you get caught up in the details too much, this thriller may not be for you. A solid chunk of this plot bounces around a lot and tends to gloss over details.

Thank you to Atria Books for a finished copy of this book! All thoughts and opinions are my own.

3.75 ⭐️This book felt like a wild ride through a murder doll house.

- classic whodunnit murder mystery with a twist I’ve never seen done with this specific type of story at the end!
- feels inspired by Agatha Christie “and then there were none”

The story centers around 10 strangers that wake up in a house and have no idea why they are there or how they got there. They all have a Fitbit type thing on their wrist that is counting down time which they are tasked to locate a missing girl in that time frame!

I want to highlight that throughout the book I was captivated and wanted to figure out all the clues! I liked the multiple POVs we got which added a lot of depth to the story!

However, I also found something’s the characters did throughout the story very unreasonable. I found myself specifically saying “why would they be doing a thing like that at a time like this” a lot throughout the story.

The ending did get me a little “ ohhh that makes so much sense!! That’s crazzzyy” but also felt like I wanted more at the same time?

the characters are a lot and I feel like the beast in the basement does a good job of helping us understand a little more through out the story but also found the beast a little annoying at times where he would chime in and I didn’t want “his/her” input. (This could just be a me thing tho)

I do want to add that the ending reminded me a few movies that I really did enjoy!!

Overall the suspense was there and the mystery was there and I really did enjoy the book and the twist at the end was good enough for me!

Thanks NetGalley for the ARC 🤗

We have ourselves a bestseller here, folks!

The Other People, plunges ten strangers into a terrifying and claustrophobic nightmare. They awaken within an old, locked house, stripped of their memories of how they arrived. Their only means of escape is to unravel the mystery of a missing young woman. However, their investigation is tragically interrupted by a deadly killer stalking the house, systematically eliminating them one by one.

The narrative focuses on the growing panic and distrust among the strangers as they struggle to understand their predicament. They grapple with a multitude of questions: Who are they? Why have they been chosen for this macabre game? What is the connection to the missing girl? And what sinister presence resides in the cellar?

As the body count rises, the strangers are forced to confront their own hidden agendas and pasts, revealing that appearances can be deceiving. The central theme of "can you trust the other people?" becomes increasingly urgent as they race against time to solve the mystery and survive the night.

This is a mind bending, instant bestseller. CB Everett will have readers buzzing long after concluding, but don't take my word for it, check out this teaser :

Ten strangers.

An old dark house.

A killer picking them off one by one.

And a missing girl who’s running out of time…

And then there was one.

Ten strangers wake up inside an old, locked house. They have no recollection of how they got there. In order to escape, they have to solve the disappearance of a young woman. But a killer also stalks the halls of the house and soon the body count starts to rise. Who are these strangers? Why were they chosen? Why would someone want to kill them? And who—or what—lurks in the cellar?

Forget what you think you know.

Because while you can trust yourself, can you really trust The Other People?

This one took me way longer to finish than it should have, and I think it's because the characters were just so darn unlikeable. While there is a twist in the end, it's one I've seen a few times before. To be honest, I'm kinda mad that this is the path the storyline took. I felt the characters were one dimensional. However, given what was going on in the story it makes sense (which also makes me mad LOL). Part locked room, part WTF is going on here and a whole lotta eye rolling happening in these pages.

No. No. No. This is not Shutter Island or anything like it. If I was Dennis Lehane I would be annoyed that this was being compared to Shutter Island. I think it much more resembled The Last House on Needless Street but wasn't as well done. This was dreadfully boring with characters you didn't like or care about. It didn't really make sense from the beginning. I will give a bonus star for TRYING with the ending but it wasn't executed great and it didn't make up for the boring rest of the book.

As a fan of Shutter Island, I devoured this and loved every second of it. I definitely couldn’t have predicted the ending and it had a very satisfying reveal

Rating 3.5, rounded up! That ending was absolutely stunning! While the multiple points of view made it a bit challenging to follow at times, it was definitely worth it. Ten strangers wake up in a locked house, and one of them is a killer – what a gripping storyline! If you're a fan of mystery and thrillers, this book is a must-read!

DNF ~47%

Unfortunately, this one was a miss for me. There were too many characters who all seemed too similar. Every time that I thought I was getting into the story, I would lose interest quickly. This one wasn't right for me.

Sometimes the only person you can trust is yourself

Ten people wake up in a strange locked house in the country. They are strangers to one another and none has any memory of how they got to the house in the first place. If they wish to get out of the house they have to solve the disappearance of a young woman...and are only being given twelve hours to do so. If that isn't stressful enough, someone is killing them off one by one, making it more imperative to get to the bottom of what is going on. Under the circumstances its almost impossible to trust any of the others in the group. Who are these people being subjected to such a terrifying scenario? How and why were they chosen? And is there even more going on than they realize?
Given its remote location and small group of suspects, its hard not to think of the classic Agatha Christie novel, "And Then There Were None", but this is not your average locked room mystery. The reader is drawn into the madness on the very first page and kept in its grip till the end. The characters run the gamut from inexperienced and scared to pretty sleazy, and the narration from the varied perspectives including an unknown entity in the basement is intriguing though a bit distracting at times. Its hard to say too much about the plot without giving away the various twists its contains including its ending, which didn't surprise me as much as it evidently did some other reviewers. I also was looking for more answers than I felt were given, which left me feeling less than completely satisfied. Overall its a fast-paced psychological thriller with an eerie atmospheric vibe with a dark tone that might be enjoyed by readers of Ruth Ware, John Marrs and Gillian Flynn. My thanks to NetGalley and Atria Books for allowing me access a copy to this unconventional tale in exchange for my honest review.

6/10 i found this book decent. it wasn’t very well written, but the concept was cool. i found it hard to get into, i started it 3 separate times and it was confusing, but not in a way that made me want to read more. the characters are all very 2 dimensional.

📚 PUB WEEK BOOK REVIEW 📚

The Other People By C. B. Everett
Publication Date: March 25, 2025
Publisher: Atria Books

📚MY RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Thank you to Atria Books and NetGalley for this #gifted e-ARC in exchange for my honest review!

📚MY REVIEW:

The Other People is a captivating psychological whodunnit thriller with unhinged vibes and a twisty ending that will knock your socks off!

Told from the perspective of multiple POVs in alternating chapters, this book had its claws in me immediately and was unputdownable until its mystery was solved in its final pages. From the start, there was a sense of dark foreboding. However, Everett's witty writing also elicited laugh-out-loud chuckles from me every time a chapter was told from the perspective of The Beast in the Cellar, who reminded me of the biting wit in Alan Cumming's hosting of The Traitors. The condescendingly sarcastic humor from this character balanced out the darkness in the rest of the book and made it SUCH an enjoyable read for me.

A group of strangers,who awaken in a locked old mansion with no memory of how they got there, find themselves in a race against time to stop a serial killer. And did I mention they're also being killed one at a time? This book is in the same realm as Agatha Christie, Knives Out, Clue -- any clever whodunnit you can think of. I thought the writing in this book was brilliant, intelligent, and suspensefully ominous; the alternating bits of humor made for such a fun read.

I have to be completely honest and say the overall rating on GoodReads came as a shock to me after I finished. I'm not quite sure if I read the same book as everybody else, but The Other People was the type of whodunnit thriller I love to read. Give me multiple potential suspects and an incredibly twisty ending, and I'm a big fan. If you're a fan of whodunnit mysteries, I think you'll really enjoy this book too. This was a wildly enjoyable read for me and I would highly recommend you pick it up! Out now!

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What on earth did I just read? From the start of The Other People I was thoroughly intrigued with the locked room mystery/thriller that exuded an And Then There Were None feel. From there, though, it took a left turn. Taking the Grand Dame’s kinder and gentler inspiration, the plot within this complex tale became much more graphic, intense, and horror-adjacent with each additional page. That’s not to say that I didn’t gobble up every word, but it was a far cry from an Agatha Christie novel. You see, the bulk of the book felt somewhat underwhelming until the first jaw-dropping reveal had me almost clapping out loud as my opinion turned right around.

Told from the first-person perspective of nearly all of the personas involved, initially it was a tad bit confusing until I figured out who was who amid this large cast of characters. Thankfully, though, each of them had distinct identities, which ran the gamut from almost root-for-able to truly evil. Alongside a claustrophobic setting and delicious gothic vibe, there was much to love in this original premise. It wasn’t, however, until I reached the last one hundred pages that I fell for it hook, line, and sinker. After all, I was utterly gobsmacked as it all went in a whole other thoroughly unguessable direction, which I felt was simply sublime.

All said and done, though, despite a slow moving first two-thirds and a very over-the-top plot that leaned towards slasher at times, I was utterly blown away by this riveting, unputdownable novel. I do have to say, though, that the twist to end all twists is likely to be rather divisive. You’re either going to love it or hate it by the time it rolls around. Clearly, I was in the love-it side of the equation, but it hugely diverged from what I was expecting in this well-crafted tale. Packed with red herrings, subtle clues, and even a potential supernatural narrator that broke the fourth wall, there was a definite edge to this shocking read that made me a fan. Rating of 4 stars.

Thank you to C.B. Everett, Atria Books, and NetGalley for my complimentary digital and physicals copies. All opinions are my own.

The ending twist was definitely unexpected, but most of the time, I spent trying to make heads or tails of what was actually happening. The characters were unlovable - which seems to be the point. But, most of the character side plots did not click for me. This book certainly falls into The Silent Patient category - folks who liked that book may enjoy this one more than I did!

Thanks to Atria & NetGalley for providing a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This is one of those too-clever books; you know the ones. After awhile, the plot stops making physical sense, and you realize you're in for some kind of twist that it'd be near-impossible to suss in advance, probably of the supernatural/scifi variety.

This book is written well enough, and those drawn to the siren call of a book which promises to be like AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (but how close could it get, really?) will enjoy the atmosphere, if nothing else. 10 strangers, gathered in an old, dark house, some spirited away in their sleep from overseas, and none of them has a clue what's going on. Time to set your mind for some 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle shit, OK?

Having a fourth-wall-breaking narrator called The Beast is ... a choice. Probably not a good one. Good thing I'm not C.B. Everett's editor, I suppose.

This goes on longer than it should, with lots of gory detail and diverse methods of death. It's not *terrible,* it's just not anything special. And the ending is frustrating.

I realized today that I hadn't sent in feedback and needed to, and had a hard time remembering most of the book (which to me is a sign that it wasn't spectacular).

2.5 stars rounded up

Thank you to atria books and NetGalley for this arc of the other people.

I liked this one but it wasn’t one that wowed me! Admittedly it was very slow for me at the start. It took a little bit while to get in to but once I did I thought the ending was really great and worth the read!

Since I am not one to give negative reviews, I will leave this short. The idea of this story as a whole was compelling, but unfortunately, the execution fell flat for me. I don't mind multiple perspectives as long as there is a good distinction between each other, and they all felt one dimensional. No one was likable, and I soon started to lose interest. The ending, however, did this a little justice. Overall, for the plot and ending alone, I will rate this three stars.

Thank you, Netgalley and Atria Books, for this ARC.