Reviews

The September House by Carissa Orlando

angela1025's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

shennille's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

belzorahollow3's review against another edition

3.0

If I could give it an extra half star, I would. Unfortunately, I didn’t like it enough to round up to 4 stars.

It’s a fairly quick read (would’ve finished it sooner, had I read more consistently during Feb/march), but it did drag a little at the end. Also not sure how I feel about ghosts being corporeal beings.

howesj's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.75

mkmoore00's review

4.0

I thought this was fun and spooky. Cycles of hauntings=cycles of abuse, etc. etc. The body horror at the very end was nuts though. I did not like the descriptions of those cops dying, they were crazy graphic. People who don't believe books can be scary should read that excerpt.

zombae90's review against another edition

dark hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed the audio book version of this. The mc had her funny moments in dealing with the pranksters. Her daughter was a little too much at first but towards the end of the book you could tell why she behaves the way she does. Ending I feel like dragged on a little bit but still good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, and Gore

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, and Child abuse

annithebookaholic's review against another edition

4.0

I really enjoyed this. The first half of this feels almost like a cozy horror and I loved how nonchalant the main character was about everything happening around the house. Like, oh yeah the walls bleed and my maid has a huge gory wound on her head and is a ghost but it is what it is 🤷🏼‍♀️. I love when books have this aspect of sonething that is strange to the reader is perfectly normal for the characters. It's really interesting.

I liked how this was overall written and everything that happened felt logical and flowed well. The ending was a bit rushed, but it still got everything it wanted to get across. 

I really recommend this if you're looking for a different kind of horror! This would also work well for beginner horror readers.

woodenspines's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

4.5

mschennai's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

emilyjmasters's review against another edition

3.5

For fans of the first season of AHS 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gaslighting, Blood, and Domestic abuse