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The September House by Carissa Orlando

87 reviews

dilani's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

this one’s a different kind of horror. scary at some parts but there’s some dark humor through out that softens it. there are a lot of ghosts in this one, so much so i forgot certain ones existed as the book went on. i liked this book for the most part, but it could have been shortened. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism and Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

alicroz34's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25

Attacking the haunted house genre from the perspective of an overly agreeable mom who just puts up with most of it is kind of hilarious. 

I devoured this in two days. 

I did notice 100% of adult men who died in the house did not get to come back as ghosts and did not get to have their injuries reversed at the end. I find that very interesting, but I did want an acknowledgement of that somewhere? Like we're literally watching all the children & adult women who died in the house heal & leave (if they want to) and then they just sit on the porch like... so Hal is dead. I'm down with it but I was like... is no one else seeing a pattern here hi hello.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Cannibalism, Violence, Death of parent, Death, Toxic relationship, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, and Vomit

Moderate: Dementia, Gaslighting, and Fire/Fire injury

_rhea_'s review

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Alcoholism, Forced institutionalization, and Gore

Moderate: Violence and Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicide, Death of parent, and Vomit

judassilver's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Violence, Vomit, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cursing, Suicide, Dementia, Cannibalism, and Grief

Minor: Self harm, Forced institutionalization, and Fire/Fire injury

beholderess's review against another edition

funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Dementia, Forced institutionalization, and Vomit

Minor: Suicide

saltycoffee's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Body horror, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Gore, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Mental illness, and Kidnapping

aparker89's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Blood, Confinement, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

patch22's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcoholism, Vomit, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

shadowspinner's review

dark 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Violence, Mental illness, and Vomit

lucylou's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

3.75

Interesting addition on a haunted house genre. Definitely check the content warnings before reading (domestic violence, child death, and gore being very graphic).
Minor gripe about this book: the author almost only describes characters’ eyes as “wide,” so often that it was actually distracting. 

I read 3/4ths and listened to the last 1/4th, and I would recommend listening to the audiobook- Kimberly Farr does a fantastic job.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Blood, and Child abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Vomit, Alcoholism, and Animal death

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Cannibalism, Ableism, Forced institutionalization, and Mental illness