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Hare House by Sally Hinchcliffe

3 reviews

diana_raquel's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Grief, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Blood

Moderate: Sexism, Confinement, and Gun violence

Minor: Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, and Misogyny

piareadss's review

dark mysterious 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Animal death

Moderate: Eating disorder and Gun violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

caitsidhe's review

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Hare House is a well-written and characterised Gothic set in the modern day. Our main character is a repressed, haunted woman escaping from a traumatic event. She moves to Hare House and become embroiled in the emotional difficulties of Grant and Cass, who live in the manor house.

I really liked this book. The prose fits the story well and the unnamed narrator is a great gothic protagonist - she resembles the main character in the Turn of The Screw, being an unreliable narrator with a history, repressed sexual desire, and notably a hatred of the blooming sexuality of young women. 

The tension in Hare House builds slowly through careful use of atmosphere and horrific events. Cass is a fascinating character and very accurate for a traumatised 17 year old - in equal parts charming, annoying, and disturbing, all of those filtered through the faulty interpretation of the narrator.

The ending is creepy, and it doesn't leave everything nicely wrapped up and explained.

Recommended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Animal death, Car accident, and Mental illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Confinement, Bullying, and Misogyny

Minor: Classism, Cursing, Infertility, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Death, and Emotional abuse