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Felt a bit flat compared to Strange Pictures. The characters didn’t feel as fleshed out and too much explaining/leaps to conclusions.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Self harm, Suicide, Murder
Minor: Abortion
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Self harm, Blood, Murder
Minor: Incest, Infidelity, Suicide, Dementia, Trafficking, Car accident, Abortion, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Incest, Suicide, Pregnancy
dark
mysterious
tense
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
finished this book only in a span of 4 hours.. absolute cinema. ✋🏻😯✋🏻
give me more books like this and i’ll gladly devoured it again. MERINDING SEBADAN-BADAN. wdym you can compare this book to strange pictures, both are masterpiece to me!!
aku kira aku bakal pusing ngeliat denah-denahnya, nope, ternyata malah gampang bgt dipahami.
I HAVE SO MANY THINGS TO SAY.
toya ☹️oh God they’re just kids. walaupun alasannya karena ritual tapi punya hati dikit pls? bisa-bisanya anak sekecil itu udah disuruh-suruh bunuh orang. INI SEMUA GARA-GARA SOICHIRO ANJJJJ, gara-gara lu si ushio bunuh diri gitu, gara-gara kebodohan lu main percaya-percaya aja sama dukun entah darimana asalnya. konyol.
salut bgt sama keita, kasih sayangnya dia sama ayano... ♡
give me more books like this and i’ll gladly devoured it again. MERINDING SEBADAN-BADAN. wdym you can compare this book to strange pictures, both are masterpiece to me!!
aku kira aku bakal pusing ngeliat denah-denahnya, nope, ternyata malah gampang bgt dipahami.
I HAVE SO MANY THINGS TO SAY.
toya ☹️
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Incest, Infidelity, Murder
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:
Complicated
Loved this one! Dark and sinister, but still leaves room for your own interpretation in places, making it more imaginative. I'll definitely be looking at floor plans differently in the future...
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Suicide, Trafficking, Abortion, Pregnancy
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Self harm, Suicide, Trafficking, Abandonment
Moderate: Death, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting
Minor: Blood, Dementia, Car accident, Abortion
challenging
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Incest, Murder, Abandonment
challenging
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Murder
Minor: Incest
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
"Can you uncover the dark secret of these strange houses? When you do, an unforgettable truth will be revealed."
This is one of the strangest books I've ever read. It's fairly short, I read it in a couple of hours, & it's based around the floorplans of three houses. It's difficult to give a synopsis without giving anything away - I will say that it is dark in tone. It also read very much like true crime rather than a fictional mystery, in fact, I had to doublecheck the genre.
I did think it was farfetched though to have the characters of the author & the architect immediately jump to what seemed an outlandish explanation for the floorplans, only for them to turn out to be right. It was all rather convenient but I suppose it kept things brief. Overall, it wasn't quite what I was expecting but I have another book from the same author in my TBR pile & this has piqued my interest enough that I will be reading it sooner rather than later.
My thanks to NetGalley & publishers, Pushkin Press/Pushkin Vertigo, for the opportunity to read an ARC. I am voluntarily giving an honest review.
This is one of the strangest books I've ever read. It's fairly short, I read it in a couple of hours, & it's based around the floorplans of three houses. It's difficult to give a synopsis without giving anything away - I will say that it is dark in tone. It also read very much like true crime rather than a fictional mystery, in fact, I had to doublecheck the genre.
I did think it was farfetched though to have the characters of the author & the architect immediately jump to what seemed an outlandish explanation for the floorplans, only for them to turn out to be right. It was all rather convenient but I suppose it kept things brief. Overall, it wasn't quite what I was expecting but I have another book from the same author in my TBR pile & this has piqued my interest enough that I will be reading it sooner rather than later.
My thanks to NetGalley & publishers, Pushkin Press/Pushkin Vertigo, for the opportunity to read an ARC. I am voluntarily giving an honest review.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Murder
dark
mysterious
tense
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
A solid and fun one sitting read! I already enjoy architecture and concepts of architecture that can make a place feel uneasy or haunting (i.e. the haunting of hill house) so that was why I picked up this book initially. Generally this book is a quick read based upon the mostly play-by-play dialogue and the snappy plot you could get through this in one sitting like I did pretty easily.
One downside I felt in the novel (spoilers ahead) that to some degree one does have to suspect their disbelief as the two main 'detectives' basically guess a good portion of exactly what happened in the house to begin with. I felt this was a little on the nose for exactly what they were trying to predict here as they had little to go on besides architecture plans but a book has to start somehow.
A highlight was definetly seeing all the architectural plans and the family trees throughout the novel and it did help keep things straight as though you were guessing alongside the protagonists. A fun read and would recommend for a quick thriller.
One downside I felt in the novel (spoilers ahead)
A highlight was definetly seeing all the architectural plans and the family trees throughout the novel and it did help keep things straight as though you were guessing alongside the protagonists. A fun read and would recommend for a quick thriller.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Incest, Physical abuse, Self harm, Murder, Pregnancy
Moderate: Gore, Violence