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2.72 AVERAGE

athan_kogaan's review

4.0
dark funny mysterious tense 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: Yes
adventurous fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated

 This is a very obvious debut novel which nevertheless managed to be quite charming despite being mightily confusing and a bit incompetent. 

The interpersonal relations between the characters were very convoluted and difficult to follow, and their reasons for staying in the house didn’t make much sense in-universe to me. The biggest shame was
the lack of detail in the ritual at the end (and absolutely no information about where they got cum from lol)
which was a very obvious missed opportunity to me. 

I still think this little book shows a lot of promise, especially in its historical and folklore details and observations - and there are some truly cracking quotes throughout - so I will be interested to see what the author writes next. I’d still recommend this one for a fun, quick read. 
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I have no idea why the author made this a novella instead of a full length book. This was so short and the characters were so undeveloped that I couldn’t tell the characters apart and I also just didn’t care about them. 
dark mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

talking about cliches is so cliche

read in one go on the train and it was okay! i liked the characters and their dynamics and would’ve happily read another 200 pages of them in this house but it’s alright
mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark 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: Yes