2.26k reviews for:

Strange Houses

Uketsu

3.71 AVERAGE

deadwolfius's review

5.0

mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

laterano's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Mindblowing and just crazy, and it was kind of disturbing ngl

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Self harm, Murder

Minor: Incest, War

revel_in_reading's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

atxana's review against another edition

3.0

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Falls short of its lofty ambitions (loft...? pun somewhere in there intended) but you gotta give it to them for having those ambitions in the first place. Fun and quick if nothing else!

alafrizr's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

katieleeks's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

snshnglry's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

loridawriter's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Read in one sitting! Haunting, clever, and completely addictive. Strange Houses blends architectural oddities with chilling psychological mystery in a way that keeps you turning pages late into the night. A must-read for fans of Japanese thrillers!

feralfuture's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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The first 2/3rds was so unique and engaging but the ending did not hit for me (I'm chalking that up to cultural differences mostly)

While I found the writing / translation to be very digestible, the lengthy family tree lore dump in the third act made my head hurt

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noraseila's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced