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Apartment 255
Someone is watching her ... looks can killSarah and Ginny have been best friends since school. Then Sarah meets Tom. Her career takes off. She and Tom move into a stunning inner-city apartment.But Ginny has not been so lucky. She wanted Tom, but she didn't get him. She wants ... what Sarah has.Ginny moves into an apartment overlooking Sarah and Tom's. She starts watching them. Then she does something more than just watch ..."a gripping read" – Herald Sun"Avieson turns her considerable skills to a wonderfully chilling psychological thriller" – NW Book of the Week"With its snappy pace, this is ... an excellent read" – Marie Claire"Avieson offers an acute psychological study of obsessive behaviour ... kind of kinky and deliciously unputdownable" – Canberra Times"Revenge, lust and obsession abound in this enjoyable first novel" Australian Women's WeeklyThis suspenseful thriller is perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult and Paullina Simons.
414 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2003
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January 25, 2016
Apartment 255 was this author's debut novel ... and it's a doozie! She has written two others that I will definitely be looking forward to reading.
Sarah is a beautiful young woman who seems to have it all. She's smart ... she's happy ...she has a wonderful job ... and best of all, she's just accepted Tom's marriage proposal. She has so much to look forward to.
Ginny is her oldest friend. Although she has a terrific job as a veterinarian, she's not happy ...not happy at all. She envies what Sarah has .. especially Tom.
I don't believe it's a spoiler to say that Ginny is a little disturbed. She rents an apartment right across the road from where Sarah and Tom live. She darkens the windows so no one can see in ... but she can look directly across the way into Sarah's home. This is where she plots and plans ... because there is only one thing standing in the way of her getting what she wants .... Sarah.
Sarah and Tom are great characters. They fit each other perfectly. There is so much love between them. Ginny is a psychopath ... she holds conversations with Tom, even though he's not there. She talks to a stuffed cat. And she's very, very angry.
The things that happen are diabolical, to say the least. There are twists and turns you just don't see coming. As the story unfolds, the tension mounts. I read this one in record time ... I just could not put this one down.
I highly recommend this one to anyone who likes a psychological thriller. This one will keep you guessing at the ending until the very last page.
Many thanks to the author / Momentum Books NetGalley who furnished a digital copy in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
Sarah is a beautiful young woman who seems to have it all. She's smart ... she's happy ...she has a wonderful job ... and best of all, she's just accepted Tom's marriage proposal. She has so much to look forward to.
Ginny is her oldest friend. Although she has a terrific job as a veterinarian, she's not happy ...not happy at all. She envies what Sarah has .. especially Tom.
I don't believe it's a spoiler to say that Ginny is a little disturbed. She rents an apartment right across the road from where Sarah and Tom live. She darkens the windows so no one can see in ... but she can look directly across the way into Sarah's home. This is where she plots and plans ... because there is only one thing standing in the way of her getting what she wants .... Sarah.
Sarah and Tom are great characters. They fit each other perfectly. There is so much love between them. Ginny is a psychopath ... she holds conversations with Tom, even though he's not there. She talks to a stuffed cat. And she's very, very angry.
The things that happen are diabolical, to say the least. There are twists and turns you just don't see coming. As the story unfolds, the tension mounts. I read this one in record time ... I just could not put this one down.
I highly recommend this one to anyone who likes a psychological thriller. This one will keep you guessing at the ending until the very last page.
Many thanks to the author / Momentum Books NetGalley who furnished a digital copy in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.
February 17, 2016
I just loved this book! Wow another fabulous story from a new author, I will be looking for more of Bunty Avieson after this. Apparently there are two books before this one.
Sarah has a long term boyfriend Tom that she is now becoming to engaged too. Her so called best friend Ginny, who she has known since boarding school is not doing any party dances over this announcement, she wants everything Sarah has and more. Ginny is conniving, manipulative and has some severe mental health issues. I do have to say that there is an episode in the book regarding a cat, if you are a cat lover this will be quite off putting. I really do not see why this was necessary by the author to put this in except to show Ginny's mental state. Well she succeeded. Ginny despises the fact that Sarah is well loved by everyone she meets, is pretty and has had a lot of her life handed to her on a plate and she desperately wants a part of this. Ginny then sets off on a course to destroy Sarah and hopefully then her relationship with Tom.
I will say no more, I thoroughly enjoyed it but did take off a star as she has left me with that awful memory of the scene with the cat.
Sarah has a long term boyfriend Tom that she is now becoming to engaged too. Her so called best friend Ginny, who she has known since boarding school is not doing any party dances over this announcement, she wants everything Sarah has and more. Ginny is conniving, manipulative and has some severe mental health issues. I do have to say that there is an episode in the book regarding a cat, if you are a cat lover this will be quite off putting. I really do not see why this was necessary by the author to put this in except to show Ginny's mental state. Well she succeeded. Ginny despises the fact that Sarah is well loved by everyone she meets, is pretty and has had a lot of her life handed to her on a plate and she desperately wants a part of this. Ginny then sets off on a course to destroy Sarah and hopefully then her relationship with Tom.
I will say no more, I thoroughly enjoyed it but did take off a star as she has left me with that awful memory of the scene with the cat.
December 26, 2011
I loved reading this book, it was scary and had suspense, but it wasn't so scary that it freaked me out. Really made me aware of a lot of things! Best $4 ever spent.
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May 24, 2014'Apartment 255' is an Australian thriller.
Sarah and Ginny have been best friends since school. Or that's how it seems. Sarah is engaged to Tom, has a successful career in a news office, and a great apartment. She's smart and pretty. People have always been drawn to her. In contrast, Ginny feels unnoticed, overshadowed by Sarah. Sarah has had the life Ginny thinks she should have had herself, and more important, Sarah has the one thing Ginny longs for above all else - Tom.
Ginny decides to get revenge on Sarah. And so begins a plan that will see Ginny gain access to almost every facet of Sarah's private and professional life. The aim of the plan is to take everything that Sarah 'stole' from her, especially Tom.
Ginny is batshit crazy, yes, but she's also very, very clever and sneaky, truly a terrifying nemesis, made even more so by the fact that Sarah has no idea that Ginny is behind her life falling to pieces around her.
As well as the excellent thriller element to the plot, Bunty Avieson gives her story a real human edge. Tom, Sarah, and Ginny all have their own secrets and things from their past and present lives that are difficult for them to deal with. Then there are the truly wonderful characters of Tom's parents - his slightly eccentric artist mother Thel and his estranged father Hal, who has a secret of his own. While Ginny intrigued me as a character, I didn't much care for Sarah. Tom was okay, but a bit of a drip at times. Thel and Hal, who have a fairly meaty part in the plot and have their own stories going on, were by far and away my favourite characters.
Good story, good characters, great setting. Avieson is a master at building suspense and an ever present sense of looming doom while countering those darker elements with some very human elements. Will definitely read more by her.
Sarah and Ginny have been best friends since school. Or that's how it seems. Sarah is engaged to Tom, has a successful career in a news office, and a great apartment. She's smart and pretty. People have always been drawn to her. In contrast, Ginny feels unnoticed, overshadowed by Sarah. Sarah has had the life Ginny thinks she should have had herself, and more important, Sarah has the one thing Ginny longs for above all else - Tom.
Ginny decides to get revenge on Sarah. And so begins a plan that will see Ginny gain access to almost every facet of Sarah's private and professional life. The aim of the plan is to take everything that Sarah 'stole' from her, especially Tom.
Ginny is batshit crazy, yes, but she's also very, very clever and sneaky, truly a terrifying nemesis, made even more so by the fact that Sarah has no idea that Ginny is behind her life falling to pieces around her.
As well as the excellent thriller element to the plot, Bunty Avieson gives her story a real human edge. Tom, Sarah, and Ginny all have their own secrets and things from their past and present lives that are difficult for them to deal with. Then there are the truly wonderful characters of Tom's parents - his slightly eccentric artist mother Thel and his estranged father Hal, who has a secret of his own. While Ginny intrigued me as a character, I didn't much care for Sarah. Tom was okay, but a bit of a drip at times. Thel and Hal, who have a fairly meaty part in the plot and have their own stories going on, were by far and away my favourite characters.
Good story, good characters, great setting. Avieson is a master at building suspense and an ever present sense of looming doom while countering those darker elements with some very human elements. Will definitely read more by her.
January 25, 2016
Sarah and long-term boyfriend Tom are getting engaged to the utter dismay of Ginny, Sarah's supposedly best friend since boarding school. Ginny wants what Sarah has and thus, sets in motion a rather devious plan of action that slowly but surely is showing signs of success.
Ginny is seriously crazy. Most disgusting scene with a cat in a book ever (no cats are harmed).
Tom is a total drip, an investigative journalist who happens to be investigating the very issue that should shed light on his crumbling relationship. Parts of that scenario didn't work for me.
The inclusion of the story line with Tom's parents was quite interesting and helped to flesh out the characters, though it was a bit predictable.
This was a 3-star read for a lot of the time, but towards the end, the pace picked up and a surprising revelation about Ginny, which explained a lot about her behavior and which seemed plausible, catapulted it to 4 stars.
Overall, an entertaining, suspenseful story about mental health, family secrets and relationships.
I received an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Ginny is seriously crazy. Most disgusting scene with a cat in a book ever (no cats are harmed).
Tom is a total drip, an investigative journalist who happens to be investigating the very issue that should shed light on his crumbling relationship. Parts of that scenario didn't work for me.
The inclusion of the story line with Tom's parents was quite interesting and helped to flesh out the characters, though it was a bit predictable.
This was a 3-star read for a lot of the time, but towards the end, the pace picked up and a surprising revelation about Ginny, which explained a lot about her behavior and which seemed plausible, catapulted it to 4 stars.
Overall, an entertaining, suspenseful story about mental health, family secrets and relationships.
I received an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
dnf
October 28, 2025DNF’ed at page 78, a beastiality scene popped up and I was horrified
Edit: for context, this is a thriller not a smut book… no need for sex to begin with yet alone that
Edit: for context, this is a thriller not a smut book… no need for sex to begin with yet alone that
July 23, 2022
Ginny spots a man at college and fantasizes about a relationship together. However, before she can make a move, her best friend, unaware of her intentions, steams in and marries the man. Consumed with jealousy, Ginny buys a flat opposite to the newly weds and begins to spy on them and plots how she can change the situation to suit her own fantasies.
Mostly a fairly standard stalker novel, but the Australian setting is refreshing and the characters are really believable. Also has a good ending and several twists. A better than average thriller.
Mostly a fairly standard stalker novel, but the Australian setting is refreshing and the characters are really believable. Also has a good ending and several twists. A better than average thriller.
November 10, 2017
"Show, don't tell" is clearly not something Bunty Avieson has been taught.
This book was extremely predictable, and the 'plot twist' was nowhere near as shocking as I assume it was supposed to be.
I didn't care about any of the characters due to lack of character development. Whenever anything happened to any of them, I just shrugged and carried on.
Oh, and there is highly unnecessary bestiality in this book.
That's all.
This book was extremely predictable, and the 'plot twist' was nowhere near as shocking as I assume it was supposed to be.
I didn't care about any of the characters due to lack of character development. Whenever anything happened to any of them, I just shrugged and carried on.
Oh, and there is highly unnecessary bestiality in this book.
That's all.
July 26, 2018
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I found it well written and an enjoyable enough story. While it did not have any mystery to it, there was still a certain thrill as I delved deeper and deeper into the story.
My critique would be that the overall "twists" were mostly predictable and the driving force behind Ginny's actions was cliche.
Word of warning, there is one scene that will make you want to take a very long shower.
My critique would be that the overall "twists" were mostly predictable and the driving force behind Ginny's actions was cliche.
Word of warning, there is one scene that will make you want to take a very long shower.
July 25, 2018
The thing is, the elements of this book that were thriller were actuality quite good, it’s just that there were so few of them. Seemed like a story about two women just being shitty to each other. Poorly developed characters, they all seemed to be there to just make each situation worse. I don’t really get why anyone wanted the boyfriend either, he seemed unusually dim.
August 20, 2021
I have read this book many years ago and it was amazing. Rereading it was just as amazing, Bunty is such a excellent story teller, she has you hooked from the very first sentence to the very last sentence. Good characters and the right amount of suspense. Highly recommend =)
August 7, 2021
Loved it! Though there were a few things that Ginny did that made me feel yucky haha
November 26, 2021
Not the kind of book I usually read but I loved this!!
November 16, 2023
so disturbing i couldnt put it down im traumatised
November 10, 2025
A nice thriller with some interesting twists
March 19, 2022
Set in the Toft Monks apartment building in Elizabeth Bay, Sydney. Ginny and Sarah have been best friends since boarding school. Sarah has it all, including the man Ginny wants. Ginny quietly moves into a nearby building so she can spy on them... This wasn't perfect, but was entertaining and had a few little twists.
May 13, 2021
A difficult book to simply assess - the writing style is quite plain/boring; yet the investigation of mental health & relationship themes is very well handled, plus the story flows well. Worth reading.
July 6, 2016
Firstly I’d like to thank Netgalley and Momentum Books for giving me the opportunity to read this book.
I really wanted to like this more than I did. The story of the disturbed Ginny playing out her sick fantasies and aiming to ruin her “best friends” life is a great plot for a great psychological thriller but something with this book was amiss.
I think, for me, the reason this book didn’t fulfil my original expectations was purely down to the characters. Ginny was the only interesting character to read about, yet there wasn’t much description when it came to her and instead the story focused on the couple whose lives were being destroyed. I found Sarah too annoying to like, even when she wasn’t being manipulated and tortured by Ginny’s actions. For me, she was too happy and lovey dovey. Yes, she had just got engaged and I expect anyone to be happy after that, but the way she described Tom and their life together was such a picture perfect, cookie cutter life that it made everything seem like she was living out her own fantasy of this perfect life she had. Tom was more interesting as a character than Sarah, but ultimately still a bit of a drip. It just seemed like he couldn’t live without his precious ‘Sare Bear’ and seemed incapable of doing anything but think of her, whether with love or with anger. It may sound like I’m being cynical but I found it all too sickly sweet. Thel and Hal’s story didn’t interest me either, it felt like part of a story that didn’t need to be there and easily could have been replaced with more about Ginny or at least cut down.
The plot for this was amazing and although it felt a bit slow to begin with, it does become fast paced and exciting for the reader nearer the end, though hearing more from Ginny’s side would have been more interesting than always hearing about how angry Sarah felt right at that moment or how confused Tom was that Sarah was being the way she was.
The ending was certainly a twist of events that I hadn’t seen coming. The reason for Ginny being so twisted and evil certainly came as a shock for me and the last couple of sentences in the book were chilling.
Overall I did enjoy this book but it wasn’t something I was reaching for every night, instead I used it to pass the time while on the train to and from work. I can see this becoming a popular book and I’m certain I know people who would love this, but I hate sickly sweet and there was definitely too much of that in this book for me.
I really wanted to like this more than I did. The story of the disturbed Ginny playing out her sick fantasies and aiming to ruin her “best friends” life is a great plot for a great psychological thriller but something with this book was amiss.
I think, for me, the reason this book didn’t fulfil my original expectations was purely down to the characters. Ginny was the only interesting character to read about, yet there wasn’t much description when it came to her and instead the story focused on the couple whose lives were being destroyed. I found Sarah too annoying to like, even when she wasn’t being manipulated and tortured by Ginny’s actions. For me, she was too happy and lovey dovey. Yes, she had just got engaged and I expect anyone to be happy after that, but the way she described Tom and their life together was such a picture perfect, cookie cutter life that it made everything seem like she was living out her own fantasy of this perfect life she had. Tom was more interesting as a character than Sarah, but ultimately still a bit of a drip. It just seemed like he couldn’t live without his precious ‘Sare Bear’ and seemed incapable of doing anything but think of her, whether with love or with anger. It may sound like I’m being cynical but I found it all too sickly sweet. Thel and Hal’s story didn’t interest me either, it felt like part of a story that didn’t need to be there and easily could have been replaced with more about Ginny or at least cut down.
The plot for this was amazing and although it felt a bit slow to begin with, it does become fast paced and exciting for the reader nearer the end, though hearing more from Ginny’s side would have been more interesting than always hearing about how angry Sarah felt right at that moment or how confused Tom was that Sarah was being the way she was.
The ending was certainly a twist of events that I hadn’t seen coming. The reason for Ginny being so twisted and evil certainly came as a shock for me and the last couple of sentences in the book were chilling.
Overall I did enjoy this book but it wasn’t something I was reaching for every night, instead I used it to pass the time while on the train to and from work. I can see this becoming a popular book and I’m certain I know people who would love this, but I hate sickly sweet and there was definitely too much of that in this book for me.
January 29, 2016
If you like cats, you might have to re-think your opinion after reading Bunty Avieson's book, Apartment 255. With enough drama and compulsive readability, Avieson keeps the tension going in this novel until the not quite so surprising ending. The novel is based around the friendship between Ginny and the beautiful Sarah, who seemingly has it all. Sarah has a great job, a wonderful fiancé Tom and everything in her world is just fine. Even though Ginny is her best friend and successful herself with a career as a veterinarian, Sarah is quite unaware of Ginny's powerful obsession with Sarah's life, and Sarah's fiance. I don't think it is an overstatement to say from the start that Ginny just seems a little off. She has weird relationships with cats, both dead and alive. There are scenes containing a cat, that I feel were added simply for shock value. I get it, Ginny is a lunatic who is slowly unraveling and not living in reality. Ginny begins to spy on Tom and Sarah while living in an apartment opposite them in a high rise building. Along with the spying, Ginny starts to slowly and methodically poison Sarah with steroids, which is kind of coincidental because Tom is doing research on steroids for his work. Ginny really wants to get Sarah out of the picture so she can have Tom all to herself. The story unfolds with several catastrophic mishaps/overreactions on Sarah's part, and the introduction of Tom's father and hippie-like mother. Pile upon pile of bad luck falls upon Sarah until the truth is revealed at the end about Ginny's true motivations and her reason for being. I thought this book was a pretty basic psychological thriller with a few memorable scenes. Watch out for the cat! Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from Netgalley.com in exchange for an honest review.
September 15, 2025
I received an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Apartment 255 is a thriller that, certainly, I won't forget. A story that caught me and whose ending was surprising and unexpected.
Sarah is a woman who have everything to be happy: a fiancé who loves her (Tom), friends who support her and a job she likes. Ginny, her best friend since they were in school, is a vet and contrary to what appears, she is not pleased with her life. She ends up envying everything Sarah has, especially Tom.
Without giving up the idea of having everything to herself, Ginny stalks the young, in love couple. She ends up renting and apartment right in front of theirs and, during time, she watches everything they do and/ou say. Furthermore, and being Sarah and obstacle for Ginny to be with Tom, she has the idea of poisoning Sarah. And she does it! This situation has serious consequences to Sarah who feels like she's losing control of her body and mind. Even after Sarah is away from Tom, Ginny isn't happy and plans another thing to kill her friend.
Since the beginning that Ginny's madness is noticeable. Without nothing to stop her, she does everything she can to get what she wants. Her actions are diabolic and somehow psychopathic!
Sarah and Tom are two characters who were, in facto, made for each other. Their understanding about one another is amazing! On the other hand, Ginny is without a doubt a mentally ill person.
I'm a person who loves thrillers but this story caught me since the beginning because of it singularity. With a lot of twists, the author knew how to work the plot and how to make it more realistic.
This is a book that I strongly recommend! Outstanding characters, an unexpected plot and a surprising ending! Amazing!
Apartment 255 is a thriller that, certainly, I won't forget. A story that caught me and whose ending was surprising and unexpected.
Sarah is a woman who have everything to be happy: a fiancé who loves her (Tom), friends who support her and a job she likes. Ginny, her best friend since they were in school, is a vet and contrary to what appears, she is not pleased with her life. She ends up envying everything Sarah has, especially Tom.
Without giving up the idea of having everything to herself, Ginny stalks the young, in love couple. She ends up renting and apartment right in front of theirs and, during time, she watches everything they do and/ou say. Furthermore, and being Sarah and obstacle for Ginny to be with Tom, she has the idea of poisoning Sarah. And she does it! This situation has serious consequences to Sarah who feels like she's losing control of her body and mind. Even after Sarah is away from Tom, Ginny isn't happy and plans another thing to kill her friend.
Since the beginning that Ginny's madness is noticeable. Without nothing to stop her, she does everything she can to get what she wants. Her actions are diabolic and somehow psychopathic!
Sarah and Tom are two characters who were, in facto, made for each other. Their understanding about one another is amazing! On the other hand, Ginny is without a doubt a mentally ill person.
I'm a person who loves thrillers but this story caught me since the beginning because of it singularity. With a lot of twists, the author knew how to work the plot and how to make it more realistic.
This is a book that I strongly recommend! Outstanding characters, an unexpected plot and a surprising ending! Amazing!
February 23, 2016
After reading the synopsis of this book I was really looking forward to getting comfy in my favourite chair and enjoying a really good thriller.The book was really going well until I got to 65% through and it was at that point that I started to get bored and one of the main characters Tom really started to irritate me.This guy was supposed to be a highly intelligent journalist who was actually doing a story on what was happening to his stuck up fiance and he couldn't see what was causing her behaviour and personality to change so drastically.As for his fiance Sarah,you want to feel some sympathy for the character who's life is falling apart but she was so obnoxious I really didn't care what happened to her.
Ginny,the psycho so-called friend really was nuts but also very clever and manipulative and her actions were the best part of the story apart from the bit with the kitten which was just totally yucky.The problem was I found myself looking forward to her parts and thinking of the other parts of the book as just filler.
It is a well written book which does have a very unexpected twist toward the end.I liked the thoughts of the character who was in the psychiatric hospital which were at the start of some chapters and the character of Ginny who was just plain creepy but the ending was way too soppy and predictable for my liking and I really did struggle to finish the book.The whole book came across like it was written especially to be made into a movie for Lifetime television.
Thanks to the publishers Momentum books for an ARC of this book via netgalley
Ginny,the psycho so-called friend really was nuts but also very clever and manipulative and her actions were the best part of the story apart from the bit with the kitten which was just totally yucky.The problem was I found myself looking forward to her parts and thinking of the other parts of the book as just filler.
It is a well written book which does have a very unexpected twist toward the end.I liked the thoughts of the character who was in the psychiatric hospital which were at the start of some chapters and the character of Ginny who was just plain creepy but the ending was way too soppy and predictable for my liking and I really did struggle to finish the book.The whole book came across like it was written especially to be made into a movie for Lifetime television.
Thanks to the publishers Momentum books for an ARC of this book via netgalley
November 19, 2013
The 400+ pages will fly by in several hours, trust me. This is a nice psychological thriller, it is a bit slow in the first and second acts but then a whole lot of unusual, if improbable things happen.
Sarah, a television reporter, moves in with her long term boyfriend. Sarah's best friend Ginny moves into an apartment overlooking theirs and the Single White Female hijinx abound.
My problems: two of the main characters work in television and print news and are supposedly household names, yet it makes so little impact on the plot and book in general you could swap their professions with literally anything else (sanitation workers, real estate managers) and no difference would be made.
Secondly, there's some messy unfinished business at the end (not including the typical "thriller" ending).
Sarah, a television reporter, moves in with her long term boyfriend. Sarah's best friend Ginny moves into an apartment overlooking theirs and the Single White Female hijinx abound.
My problems: two of the main characters work in television and print news and are supposedly household names, yet it makes so little impact on the plot and book in general you could swap their professions with literally anything else (sanitation workers, real estate managers) and no difference would be made.
Secondly, there's some messy unfinished business at the end (not including the typical "thriller" ending).
February 7, 2016
This book was provided by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
This was a very interesting read once I got into it. I found it to drag a bit it spots but the character of Ginny was quite fascinating to learn about. Once I got to about the last quarter of the book, I got bored with it. There were a few twists and turns I seen coming but some that totally took me by surprise. The characters of Tom and Sarah were quite boring and they weren't very likable characters and I didn't find myself caring to much about what happened to them. What really made the story was the psyche of Ginny. There were a few out there scenes involving cats that caught me off guard.
This was a very interesting read once I got into it. I found it to drag a bit it spots but the character of Ginny was quite fascinating to learn about. Once I got to about the last quarter of the book, I got bored with it. There were a few twists and turns I seen coming but some that totally took me by surprise. The characters of Tom and Sarah were quite boring and they weren't very likable characters and I didn't find myself caring to much about what happened to them. What really made the story was the psyche of Ginny. There were a few out there scenes involving cats that caught me off guard.
January 22, 2016
Holy hell, this was a great book, messed up, but great. I was hooked the whole way through. The writing was wonderful and the plot never felt rushed. The characters in this book were all well developed, even some side characters, so we got know a whole cast of people. The portrayal of mental illness and the description for the effects of drugs was remarkably well done in my opinion. I loved how we saw different events through different characters eyes instead of just through Ginny. I feel like we get more of the story because of that. The ending well played and didn't feel too forced despite the little plot twist. I love a good plot twist.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 5, 2016
Apartment 255 was a fun little romp. For the first half of the book, Ginny was awesome. Kind of like Amy Dunne but not as smart. I hated Sarah and Tom and really despised all their friends. But it's done so smartly for the most part that I enjoyed hating them. I'm not sure if that's Ms. Avieson's intent or not, but it was fun. The second half focuses less on Ginny and her craziness and I found that I missed her. She's such a delightfully malevolent character that moving forward with the focus on Tom and Sarah was boring in comparison. 3 stars because I enjoyed it but it's not going to set the world on fire.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for an ARC of this book.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for an ARC of this book.
July 31, 2018
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I liked both the story and the author’s writing style. There weren’t much irrelevant details in the story which encourages readers to continue reading the story and curious to know what will happen next. I don’t think I can forget how lunatic and creepy Ginny is. I don’t know whether I should describe her as creative or interesting, but Ginny is an unforgettable character. The story just made me wonder whether I have any friends that have jealousy inside them and the most important lesson I learned from this story is to never leave my house keys to my friends.
I liked both the story and the author’s writing style. There weren’t much irrelevant details in the story which encourages readers to continue reading the story and curious to know what will happen next. I don’t think I can forget how lunatic and creepy Ginny is. I don’t know whether I should describe her as creative or interesting, but Ginny is an unforgettable character. The story just made me wonder whether I have any friends that have jealousy inside them and the most important lesson I learned from this story is to never leave my house keys to my friends.
August 3, 2016
An extremely retrospective review, based on a distant memory of reading the book.
I read this book when I was quite young (around 15 I think, and I'm in my late 20's now). I remember it seemed very scandalous at the time, , which at the time was so new to me. So I enjoyed the read back then. It was a bit of a mystery that gradually unfolded.
I read this book when I was quite young (around 15 I think, and I'm in my late 20's now). I remember it seemed very scandalous at the time, , which at the time was so new to me. So I enjoyed the read back then. It was a bit of a mystery that gradually unfolded.
gave-up
March 16, 2016Digital copy recieved via netgalley
DNF @ 24%
Unfortunately I am not able to finish this book. It's totally not my cup of tea.
I disliked all the characters and found Ginny's behaviour way too extreme. Despite the position of Sarah and Tom I just couldn't bring myself to like them.
The pace of the book was pretty dragging and way too dscriptive in parts.
DNF @ 24%
Unfortunately I am not able to finish this book. It's totally not my cup of tea.
I disliked all the characters and found Ginny's behaviour way too extreme. Despite the position of Sarah and Tom I just couldn't bring myself to like them.
The pace of the book was pretty dragging and way too dscriptive in parts.
March 25, 2013
I so loved this book it was a totally awesome read. A thriller 2 the end with great characters full of suspense, intrigue and family secrets. A must read Aussie novel I couldn't put this book down!!!
July 30, 2013
3.5
I like these "Single White Female" type of story. Just insert different horrific things in and you've got a new version. This could have been a 4 star, but it moves slow until the end. I wanted more crazy.
I like these "Single White Female" type of story. Just insert different horrific things in and you've got a new version. This could have been a 4 star, but it moves slow until the end. I wanted more crazy.
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