Lightning review at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books 
 The Couple Next Door is a much-hyped psychological thriller that I was really looking forward to. Unfortunately my response to the book could be summed up as, "meh." 
 So why was I meh? First of all, we get the answer to the mystery halfway through the book. It doesn't completely resolve WTF is going on, but it's enough of a reveal to kill the suspense. Also I found all of characters, from Marco to the neighbors, to be unlikeable. Anne is clearly set up to be a sympathetic protagonist, but her character felt two dimensional to me. 
 I was intrigued by the premise of The Couple Next Door but the lack of characters who were likable and the early resolution to the mystery left me largely disappointed. 
 - Elyse