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De huisgenoten

Sarah Waters

3.44 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
dark emotional mysterious 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

I am torn between 2 and 3 stars; giving it 3 just because her writing is so lovely even when the story is kind of crap. My review is here.

3.5 stars
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark mysterious tense slow-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: Complicated

Sorta good....got overly repetitive in the later sections. But the tension level conveyed actually gave me some tension filled dreams so something was resonating.

I struggled with how to rate this book. It's the second Waters novel I've read and both of them have started with promise but left me a bit cold by the end. Repetitive and overwrought, I was relieved to finally finish it.