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Slade House by David Mitchell

17 reviews

ashleylynn's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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wanderingthepage's review

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

 It seems many have loved this book, I’m sad that I just couldn’t get into it. I almost DNF’ed this one and I don’t think I gained any enjoyment from finishing it lol. Sometimes if I stick it out, I end up enjoying the book in the end. I didn’t connect with the plot or the characters. The elements were there for things I love, yet this one fell short for me. 

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dianna_reads's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75


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gladiolus17's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5


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mateoj's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

obligatory deduction of a few points because of overwhelming and obscene Britishness but damn, that was good. what I wouldn't give for a limited series of this akin to the Haunting series... 

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sonyareadsbooks's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

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noir_novels's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Great little horror piece - I enjoyed the premise and its execution, though I would have liked more time on the house and its description. I love when the setting becomes a character and this didn’t really go there though there was sprinkles of it throughout. 

As the story is split into different segments (basically a short story every 9 years), it quite obvious that the fates of these characters are doomed (the direction of the plot is pretty standard in that regard), but that didn’t take away from the story for me as I was intrigued to see how our antagonistic protagonists would get to their endgame. I will say that I appreciated the slight twist in the final pages too and the alluding to more happening after the events of the story. There is also information given to us readers about the backstory and other mysterious groups that could have been developed further, but I like that I was left in the dark with it - the story continues beyond the book but not knowing anything more about the trails left behind feels more satisfying for me as a reader.


I would definitely recommend this to fans of suspense with fantastical supernatural elements or someone looking for a short but intriguing read. I’m keen to look at more books by this author in the future :)

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