NOT Stolen!! | AstraDaemon

THE HOUSE ON FISHER STREET by Amy Cross is an original suspense-thriller. Now, as a general rule, I don't usually concern myself with other reviewers, but I need to address something I read in the Amazon review section. Someone stated this novella is a rip-off of the movie Don't Breathe, and went so far as to say the plot is the exact same. THIS IS A HUGE LIE!!

I have watched the movie several times, and read this book completely from beginning to end. The only similar element is three people breaking into a place, which is a common trope in the horror genre. Nothing else is the same. The characters are different. The setting is different. There are several twists in the book which are not in the movie, and there are twists in the movie which are not in this book. Either the other reviewer didn't read the book past the first chapter, or the person is deliberately slandering Amy Cross. Now on to a TRUTHFUL review...

Three young people attempt to break into a huge house surrounded by more than one security measure. They find what they think is a flaw in the design, and use this flaw to gain access into the house. Soon, they realize they misjudged the situation. The owner is not as predictable as they thought, and there is an unusual reason he lives there. The ending has more than one surprise, and the epilogue is the icing on the cake.

With that said, as much as I enjoyed this story, this is not as frightening as many other books by Cross. She spent too much time on the trio plotting the heist, and not enough time on the action within the house, particularly the scenes in the basement. The potential to be truly horrifying wasn't well-met. Cross should've have given the owner a better backstory. To be fair, I expected something supernatural to be revealed.

This is one of those rare occasions I'm recommending the book, even though it's not one of my favorites by Cross, because I'm disgusted by the false review. There are authors and Hollywood writers who plagiarize each other, but this is simply not the case here.