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A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

25 reviews

aseel_reads's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This was soooo creepy and 110% a horror book, all the bug stuff!! Eek!! Obsessed with how such a complete novel was started and ended in such a short amount of time, this author is slowly becoming a fave (I also love the new covers that have come out) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Cursing, Death, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Body shaming

Minor: Racism

katsherms's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The big bad etc is very predictable BUT it's very fun! This is one of the most fun haunted house books I've ever read. Such a nice change after all the unrelentingly bleak nonsensical ones I've been reading lately 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Racism, and Death

bookishpriest's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Violence

jackie_marion's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Confinement

snickies's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Only T Kingfisher would write a book because she has a vendetta against roses.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Emotional abuse

Minor: Racism and Fatphobia

crumpledpapersheep's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Fatphobia

Moderate: Violence and Gore

cloudreader2948's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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? No

3.75

A coming home horror novel. Light on the horror. I enjoy a lot of T Kingfisher stories as there's enough suspense and horror without it keeping me up at night, like Diet Horror. It was also refreshing to have a fat protagonist who had good self-esteem. Their weight was mentioned when appropriate to the story but not once did they wish they were smaller or talk about their weight as if it was a bad thing. Loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, Dementia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Fatphobia, Racism, and Violence

taylormoore's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, and Confinement

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Violence, and Racism

cwerber's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Medical content, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Self harm, Violence, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Terminal illness and Body shaming

I liked this book.the first 3/4 felt slow but ramped up in the last quarter of the book. I enjoyed it and would like to see more of Gail, Hermes, and Edith.

whatthekatdraggedin's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Fatphobia and Violence

Minor: Racism