Lauren and Olivia are never allowed outdoors, they remain confined within the house at all times. Ted keeps mostly to himself, quiet, pleasant to others but often distant. Living in this house is a man called Ted Bannerman, a young child called Lauren, and Olivia the cat. There is a boarded up, derelict and sinister looking house on Needless Street. These are the genres I attributed to the book when I began reading, yet what sets this book apart, what made me fully appreciate how deep this novel is, was that by the end Ward shows us this story is far more than it appears. The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward is a dark, twisty psychological thriller with strong elements of horror, and even hints of fantasy. The snagging pull of a twig was bony fingers grasping at my sleeve – the fingers, maybe, of something that had once been a child, who wandered into the green light and never returned. The creak of tree branches was the shifting of giant, scaly limbs. The constant wet patter of the night became the chilly drip of a dungeon.
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