Reviews

Apartment 303 by Kelli Hawkins

zahlierobson's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

mls94's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

kate_reads_books's review

2.5

This book took me forever to finish. I should have just marked it as did not finish but I'm stubborn. The plot had promise it was just so sloooowwww. I feel like the last few chapters were really exciting and gripping but the book would have been more enjoyable of this excitement was sprinkled throughout the book not just the last few chapters. I did like it being set in Australia (as an Australian).

renzoreads's review

4.0

26 year old Rory doesn’t go out much. She observes the world from the window of her Sydney apartment. Living with her Bichon Frise, Buster, Rory lives a very structured, ordered and isolated life. Working from home, walking Buster in the dead of night on the rooftop terrace of her apartment building and observing the other residents in her apartment building.

One night, while walking Buster, Rory’s life is turned upside down with the police discovering the body of a homeless man who has been beaten to death across the road from her apartment. Rory is shaken by the news, the man is someone she has regularly observed. Rory begins to spiral, her already fragile mental state deteriorating and the trauma from her past resurfaces. Is Rory being watched? If she in danger? Or is it just paranoia that is convincing her of this? Who can she trust, when she can’t even trust herself?

This was a great suspense thriller. From the beginning it gave me Rear Window vibes, which I enjoyed. I also enjoyed the flawed main character and the ticks that she lived with as part of her OCD. It started off a bit slow for my liking, but before long it picked up its pace and kept me engaged.

It was claustrophobic at times, and kept me guessing as to what certain characters motives were. I enjoyed the twists when they came, as I didn’t see them coming or if I did it was right before they were revealed.

izziebelle's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

zakiya's review

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

danielle__2386's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

danielleandreula12's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

3.0

aesinreads's review

Wanted something where protag was just in the wrong place, wrong time situation and not where protag has a past, running from said past etc etc.

With that said, premise wasn't for me 

jiroumi's review

tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0