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Man, Fuck This House by Brian Asman

17 reviews

enolarayne's review against another edition

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fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I didn’t love the writing, and it needed a lot of editing for anything above and beyond a basic spell check, but I still found myself pulled in and wondering what would happen next. 🤷‍♀️
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bibrarian_'s review

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dark funny tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

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kcraig73's review against another edition

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

4.0

Is this book good? No. Did I like it? Yes. Takes an absolute wild left turn in the last 1/4 of the book but still enjoyable despite jumping the shark. 
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shannananahey's review

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adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

4.5

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sarah984's review

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dark funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This was a quick little haunted house book. It takes a little too long to get started, I noticed a few annoying typos, and the Damien character did not work for me but overall I had fun.
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starsnstitchin's review

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dark funny 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? Yes

3.5

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afictionalescapist's review

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

2.5

Man, Fuck This House - Brian Asman

This one is not your typical house possession. 

Hal and his wife Sabrina have moved out to James Hill, into a seemingly beautiful house. Their children Michaela and Damien follow suit albeit unwillingly. 

Sabrina is depicted as a bored housewife and a lot of the story centers around her, her relationship with the children (Damien in particular) and the house itself as a separate entity. 

The house sees her as it’s new owner, the one responsible for its upkeep and wellbeing. It wants to protect her at all costs, even if that means killing off the rest of her family to keep her to itself.

This book plays on a lot of horror tropes and tries to play with them in a comical way, unfortunately a lot of these missed the mark for me personally. It was uncertain where the seriousness was meant to end and the humor was meant to start.

I had trouble connecting with any of the characters, and am coming to learn that creepy kids (unless written by King) are not really my thing. 

That being said, some of the fight scenes were written visually and it was a cool and different thing to experience which bumped up the rating. 

I’m giving this one a 2.5 ⭐️ 
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