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A review by emkral22
Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling
4.0
Free eARC provided by NetGalley and the publisher for reviewing purposes.
This was good and creepy and weird!
Research scientist Dr. Tamsin Rivers is obsessive about her lab, particularly as she discovers her city, San Siroco, is sinking, as well as that a mysterious, unopenable door has appeared in the basement of her own home. Circumstances escalate and become more dire, and a doppelganger (who Tamsin calls "Prime" appears in her home, coming through the basement door. Though at first the duplicate seems obedient and pliable, she begins to take over Tamsin's life. The tension building is great, there are some pretty creepy scenes and some body horror (much like The Death of Jane Lawrence) but the ending feels a bit rushed, and some loose ends aren't resolved as much as I woud've liked, though it's not really left very open ended as I would've expected either.
Overall, I think if you've enjoyed other books by this author, this will be a (mostly) satisfying sci-fi speculative horror. 3.5 stars, rounded up for the creepy vibes.
This was good and creepy and weird!
Research scientist Dr. Tamsin Rivers is obsessive about her lab, particularly as she discovers her city, San Siroco, is sinking, as well as that a mysterious, unopenable door has appeared in the basement of her own home. Circumstances escalate and become more dire, and a doppelganger (who Tamsin calls "Prime" appears in her home, coming through the basement door. Though at first the duplicate seems obedient and pliable, she begins to take over Tamsin's life. The tension building is great, there are some pretty creepy scenes and some body horror (much like The Death of Jane Lawrence) but the ending feels a bit rushed, and some loose ends aren't resolved as much as I woud've liked, though it's not really left very open ended as I would've expected either.
Overall, I think if you've enjoyed other books by this author, this will be a (mostly) satisfying sci-fi speculative horror. 3.5 stars, rounded up for the creepy vibes.