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The September House by Carissa Orlando

41 reviews

nabaraditi's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

5.0

Technically this was my first horror novel and Carissa Orlando did not disappoint!! This was a surreal experience. It was hard to put down this book cause all I kept thinking was what's going to happen now!!.

The genre is horror, dark comedy, mystery-thriller, psychological thriller (which is my favorite genre), there's domestic/familial element all rolled into one. So, I was laughing and in the next second I'd be scared.

Also, the book isn't just about the hauntings of the house and its past, but we get so much more. 

There are good twists and turns and I love the way the book is written. The past and the present, ughhhh!!! If i could give this book 6 out of 5 stars, I would.

I'm excited to read more from this author not only because this book was magnificient but also because she's a clinical psychologist which is what I'm studying to become. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Mental illness, Animal death, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

cait_henry56's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.75

This could have been so good. I tore through this book in two days, and maybe that is my fault for how annoyed I am after ending. The haunted house and the extended metaphor for familiar relationships was realistic, terrifying, and heartbreaking. But my suspension of belief cannot handle the motivations of Margaret and Katherine, why they were both so hellbent on the former not explaining about the house, and the latter looking for Hal even after the shoe drops about him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Animal death, Vomit, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Child abuse

thegayestghost's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Grief, Child death, Blood, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Vomit, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Gaslighting, Gore, and Mental illness

killmoore_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Let me start by saying that I was SO excited to get my hands on this book. So many rave reviews, so much hype, I was READY for the spooky haunted house story of the year...

... and for me, this one fell a bit flat. 

Despite being full of gore, this read like a PG13 horror movie - perhaps its the narration style, but it was severly lacking in the fear and anxiety I always seek out in a good haunted house novel. That is what caused this to be a 4 star read for me.

I still very much enjoyed it. The story is fun, the characters are perfectly atrocious, and I truly loved both of the plot twists. It was well written, and the ending was a trip. I would LOVE to see a movie made out of this honestly, it would translate beautifully, and will definitely pick up more books by this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Alcoholism, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Alcohol, Child death, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Cursing, Vomit, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, and Torture

poppyseedromance's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, Physical abuse, Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Vomit

Moderate: Child abuse and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Suicide and Sexism

asuna1930's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcoholism

chloebrown13's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Blood, Domestic abuse, Gore, Violence, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Animal death, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

gidgetdraws's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Alcoholism, Body horror, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Murder, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Violence

ann_otatedbooks's review

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

5.0

Amazing haunted house book with A+ narration. This house is hella haunted and our protagonist simply could not be more nonchalant about it. Orlando’s writing is *chef’s kiss* no notes, read even if you don’t like horror. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Vomit, Physical abuse, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

amaranth_wytch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Cursing, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Suicide and Self harm