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Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

54 reviews

hannahmichele5's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

Incredible! One of my favorite books of 2023. 

A brilliant examination of wealth, class, the U.S. south, and what it means to have a home mixed with gothic fairytale-esque lore and a wonderfully haunted house. 

Thank you to Macmillan Audio for the advanced audiobook. I will be thinking about this book for a LONG time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Classism, Death, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Slavery

gondorgirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Stalking, Violence, Bullying, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

jadehusdanhicks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

I am beyond obsessed with this book and will be screaming from the rooftops about it.  Eerie and haunting this book follows the story of starling house, from local town knowledge to the deepest darkest secrets behind its actual truth.  

Opal has always been gravitated towards the house and after winding up working there we see so much change and develop for better and for much worse. I can’t say much without spoiling this but this is one of those must read books which I can just tell is going to pop off!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Stalking, Vomit, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Medical content, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Car accident, Classism, Death, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Blood, Death of parent, and Grief

meganpbell's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.5

The heroine of this ghoulish Southern gothic is street-smart and down-on-her-luck, with a heart of gold and sharp, crooked teeth, who finds herself drawn to the doors of a sentient, shape-shifting old mansion—and the bitter, battleworn boy trapped behind its gates. Starling House is an ode to found family, the monsters that save us and plague us, and the courage to exorcise the ghosts of a town with a long, dark history that doesn’t love you back.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Incest, and Slavery