the last house on needless street goodreads

There are a limited number of characters who are given names. The story is narrated by Ted, Oliva, Dee and Lauren with some characters in third person and some in first person, a technical that allows a rounded tale, told from limited but different viewpoints. Each character has their own distinctive voice, each one giving a slightly different viewpoint of the story. Lauren appears in her own narrated chapters later in the book. Olivia, the cat, has her own chapters and it is a little startling at first to view the world from the vantage point of a cat. Depending on how you view him, he can come across as creepy, sinister or benign. I was immediately drawn into the story, intrigued by Ted with his idiosyncrasies and strange way of living. She’s honed in on Ted and is determined to find out what became of her sister. Dee, the girl’s sister, has never stopped thinking about Lulu. But he can’t help thinking about Little Girl with Popsicle, a girl who went missing from the lake a few miles from Ted’s house. Inside the triple locked door Ted keeps his cat Olivia and his daughter Lauren safe from the outside world. It’s windows are boarded up so he can no longer look out onto the forest that backs his garden. Ted lives in the last house on Needless Street. In the dark forest at the end of Needless Street, something lies buried. You think you know what’s inside the last house on Needless Street.

This is the story of Ted, who lives with his daughter Lauren and his cat Olivia in an ordinary house at the end of an ordinary street.Īll these things are true.

The last house on needless street goodreads