Reviews - House of Cotton | The StoryGraph

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House of Cotton

Monica Brashears

3.19 AVERAGE

sirflorencek's review

3.5

dark emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

imani_faith's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious sad

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

audreymelillo's review against another edition

3.0

Really compelling message but so hard to read. Put me in quite a reading rut. So glad it’s done

lwoodard98's review against another edition

3.5

medium-paced

mdaughte's review against another edition

1.0

Honestly, I am sad I did not like this book. I found the characters poorly developed, the mysticism disconnected from the story, and the plot left me wanting more. The book felt...flat. :(

adelza's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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

That ending though!!! For a gothic horror this book is honestly extremely inspiring!

erin1229's review against another edition

2.0

dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

jamelynreads25's review against another edition

4.0

Magnolia has just lost her grandmother, the only responsible adult in her life. When her predatory landlord tries to take advantage of her, she takes a strange job with Cotton, the local mortician, to make ends meet. Set in the Appalachia, this novel chronicles the experience of being mixed-race, female and poor and how we cope with trauma and grief.

TW: rape, sexual assault, abortion, drug abuse

mangostickydice's review against another edition

4.0

(still wish goodreads allowed half-stars because i'd give this a 3.5 instead) (some plot points felt underdeveloped)
I picked this up because it mentioned ghosts and the cover is really pretty...I enjoyed it and am excited to read more from this author!

avacherms's review against another edition

4.0

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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