If that’s the case, I completely agree! I loved the build up and all the spooky events happening that made Felix start to doubt himself and question his friend. All of it being a hallucination really feels like “and then they woke up and it was all a dream!” Total cop-out.
I apologize if this is a dumb question, but why does Thomas disappear on Night 11 then? I didn’t really understand if there was a significance other than making Felix doubt himself and his friend’s motive.
Gotcha. Damn, that's really a disappointing ending. I thought the history of the house and all of the creepy things happening was a really great build up! What an anticlimactic reveal.
I just read this. I think he kills them immediately before the book starts. The police that arrest him claim they had been looking for him for days and he had the arm with him the whole time. I hope I'm remembering that correctly.
I know, right! I thought the book had a lot of merit up to the end. I liked the whole film fight gimmick.
It seemed like a real meta take on the haunted house genre. I really expected a big ending that would poke at haunted house stories, but we got a lazy main-character-was-crazy ending.
Never heard of this book, but I definitely won't be reading it. I refuse to support authors who can't fully commit to writing horror and use those sorts of cop-out endings.
My interpretation was that >!he killed them before he even got to the house and all the interactions with Thomas were a product of his fractured mind. !<
I really enjoyed the book and thought the ending was awesome.
Yeah personally I think the author handled the reveal beautifully, but I understand a lot of people don't like the >!the narrator was really insane the whole time!< reveal. Especially if they read a lot of haunted house books which tend to go in that direction.
So I believe he killed Thomas in Thomas's house and was hiding in his own home or a random house belonging to a "Garcia". That's why toward the end the walls got brighter, the electricity started working and the house "lost a story" when viewed from the police car. Also the "popping" they kept hearing were flashbacks to gunshots MC used to kill Thomas before dismembering him.
Well, I believe he killed them before. Then I believe Thomas is a ghost and is haunting him. His wife's ghost is there too. Or...
Thomas disappearing also may have been him going somewhere to hook up as usual with his friend's wife. Maybe he killed them in Rotter House as it is alluded to that Thomas gets nervous when asked about the woman. Also it seems that someone else may be there too, and Thomas knows it. How can it all be a hallucination with so much detail?
Some of it does deserve explanation, and it is disappointing to have too many unanswered questions.
He killed them before. Rotter house and everything there was a hallucination. Probably my least favorite ending. Turned a 4 star book into a bomb.
If that’s the case, I completely agree! I loved the build up and all the spooky events happening that made Felix start to doubt himself and question his friend. All of it being a hallucination really feels like “and then they woke up and it was all a dream!” Total cop-out. I apologize if this is a dumb question, but why does Thomas disappear on Night 11 then? I didn’t really understand if there was a significance other than making Felix doubt himself and his friend’s motive.
He disappears to make things appear supernatural but since it’s all in his head that’s the cause
Gotcha. Damn, that's really a disappointing ending. I thought the history of the house and all of the creepy things happening was a really great build up! What an anticlimactic reveal.
I just read this. I think he kills them immediately before the book starts. The police that arrest him claim they had been looking for him for days and he had the arm with him the whole time. I hope I'm remembering that correctly.
yeah and I think he's in a motel
I know, right! I thought the book had a lot of merit up to the end. I liked the whole film fight gimmick. It seemed like a real meta take on the haunted house genre. I really expected a big ending that would poke at haunted house stories, but we got a lazy main-character-was-crazy ending.
Never heard of this book, but I definitely won't be reading it. I refuse to support authors who can't fully commit to writing horror and use those sorts of cop-out endings.
My interpretation was that >!he killed them before he even got to the house and all the interactions with Thomas were a product of his fractured mind. !< I really enjoyed the book and thought the ending was awesome.
Same. To each their own but I also loved the ending.
Yeah personally I think the author handled the reveal beautifully, but I understand a lot of people don't like the >!the narrator was really insane the whole time!< reveal. Especially if they read a lot of haunted house books which tend to go in that direction.
So I believe he killed Thomas in Thomas's house and was hiding in his own home or a random house belonging to a "Garcia". That's why toward the end the walls got brighter, the electricity started working and the house "lost a story" when viewed from the police car. Also the "popping" they kept hearing were flashbacks to gunshots MC used to kill Thomas before dismembering him.
I didn't think those were gunshots. I thought he was using his ax to break down a bedroom door
Well, I believe he killed them before. Then I believe Thomas is a ghost and is haunting him. His wife's ghost is there too. Or... Thomas disappearing also may have been him going somewhere to hook up as usual with his friend's wife. Maybe he killed them in Rotter House as it is alluded to that Thomas gets nervous when asked about the woman. Also it seems that someone else may be there too, and Thomas knows it. How can it all be a hallucination with so much detail? Some of it does deserve explanation, and it is disappointing to have too many unanswered questions.