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The Hundred-Year House by Rebecca Makkai

1 review

lampbee's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

Love the way she writes mysteries maybe it makes me sound stupid but i love when things wrap up in a way you’d never guess , not every loose end is tied but the ones that are you’d never expect :) Very fun book and made me think too much about the passage of time so I’m sad now :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Cultural appropriation, Grief, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Rape, War, and Suicide

In Part III there’s a

detailed description of the artist colony performing a protest/demonstration wherein they use Native American stereotypes (wearing headdresses , painting their faces etc) It’s brief and thus bit is set in the mid 1920s.