The Street

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I started losing interest in Anna and Peter around the mid-way point. I felt more interested in and was running purely on seeing the other residents’ “secrets”, as the last line in the synopsis states. There’s a lot of interaction with these residents and, as small pieces of the “puzzle” are revealed, it was made up like all of these secrets might be intertwined. It honestly would have made more sense for that to be the case. Returning to being a writer, one of the characters comments about the job as being literally being paid to make things up – worse than a tabloid journalist. While these thoughts reflected a moment of self-doubt in the character, the reality is, of course, that the two are worlds apart. While many tabloid journalists may make things up like a novelist, and both may have financial reasons for what they are doing, ultimately novelists, when they are doing their job properly, not only avoid outright lies, they can do a better job at helping us to question society and the way things are. Holliday does this in “The Street”. You can just enjoy the story for what it is. But there are deeper issues underpinning the book – ones which will make you question what you would do in certain situations, and, depending on your answers, have implications for how justice can work. Susi has a great skill of writing thoroughly awful characters, and she didn’t disappoint again. In fact, a good mix of characters that I found interesting & wanted to know more about. Susi Holliday grew up close to Edinburgh and spent a number of years working in her family’s newsagent and pub before studying statistics and microbiology. She’s worked as a statistician in the pharmaceutical industry for more than 16 years, however it was on a six month round-the-world-trip that she took with her husband that she refound her passion for writing.

This is a story where you don't really have a character you like, they are all selfish or vengeful to the exptreem. So as the story goes along and things start to happen, I'm not at all sadden but think it's getting to be a better world. I know, I'm depraved. Ok. This is going to be very brief. Let’s simply say that there are a variety of personalities, and they are all written expertly. They are compelling and thought-out. You often know something is bubbling just beneath the surface of each character, and The Street, as a whole, but you won’t know what. And that keeps the suspense gaining momentum till the end.I nearly stopped reading after the first 15% because they were all so annoying. But it's written surprisingly well, for the most part, and there was just enough mystery to keep me hanging on. This is my second experience of Susi Holliday's work, having previously read and enjoyed "The Last Resort". I was looking forward to being equally impressed by "The Hike" and the premise and the accompanying marketing blurb gave me every reason to hope that I would enjoy it just as much. But, unfortunately, I didn't. Also, the story is paced and written well. I never felt bored. The writing kept me hooked, unable to put the book down, and was able to maintain a sense of paranoia throughout the whole thing.

The Hike” is the fourth stand alone novel and was released in 2022. Four hikers go into the mountains, but just two return. However is it tragedy? Or is it treachery? The one thing that wasn’t inconsistent was the ****** doorbell. How many times did the author bang on about the doorbells on the street?? FIFTEEN. As I'm reading I can't wait for the psychological twist, when I go "ahhh there it is, this is so great" moment. Sadly to say I didn't get it. However the story was a good, although a little unbelievable, I mean who leaves their phone behind when going on a hiking trip?! Seriously that is beyond stupid and they all deserved to die, ok die is a little extreme, but they should definitely never procreate.

As she battles a growing obsession with the mystery, Anna finds herself becoming increasingly paranoid. She thought she’d escaped her own troubled past, but as the truth catches up with her, life starts to unravel. Maybe she’s not the only resident of The Street with something to hide… The Street By Susi Holliday-Review This is the second book by this author that I have read and I can say she is a very good writer. Her books have been easy to read and entertaining. But every good writer knows they will not please everyone and I do have a few issues with this book. The main relationship (Anna and Peter) was unrealistic and just didn’t ring true. For example, why would Anna choose a time when they are not close and there’s so much tension already to tell him about the affair? There seemed to be a lot of inconsistency - I know this was probably to give a sense of intrigue (is Peter a goodie or a baddie? Ooh the suspense) - but it was all so thinly drawn. I did not care about either of them - (and I really am a very caring person, honest!) Susi Holliday shows off her writing chops, encompassing many voices and styles. Innernaratives range from snarky…