Reviews - Someone You Can Build a Nest In

4.32k reviews for:

Someone You Can Build a Nest In

John Wiswell

4.04 AVERAGE

lakedarling's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jessiejenni's review against another edition

2.0

lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

vernre01's review against another edition

4.5

Can you fall in love with a carnivorous, shapeshifting, but emotionally intelligent blob? Yes, you can

napkins's review against another edition

3.5

dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shewhosleeps's review

3.0

adventurous funny lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

zumiey's review

5.0

Ahhh this was so good.

Shesheshen has problems. She was hibernating right up until some rude houseguests came to her home and tried to kill her with poison. Then she had to go to town and be around people so she could get some food to work the poison out. Then they found out she maaaaybe eats people sometimes but only when shes needs to or if they attack her! So they chased her out of town and she fell off a cliff.

When she wakes to a kind woman tending her wounds, oblivious to the fact she might be a monster, that seems like a turn in the right direction! Except said kind woman is a monster hunter. And Shesheshen was just getting hot and bothered for the first time in her life, damn. Now she's got to convince said woman that the monster isn't real, that something ELSE is the monster, or confess to being said monster. All while trying to figure out human dating!

This book is lovely. Shesheshen is a delight, Homily is so wonderful, Laurent is fucking hilarious, and what glorious comeuppance hits some of the worst people you can imagine.

I also really loved that the book continued past the big climax for a bit because it had some wonderful closure in character growth and the dichotomy in children and parents and feels aaaaa.

The only critique I have (and it's small) is Shesheshen being kind of a therapy master near the end of the book for Homily - like she doesn't know how to laugh but she can spell out cycles of abuse? Felt a bit forced - but it's a small thing and Homily needed it so yknow it's fine.