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There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

12 reviews

vixenreader's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

A classic teen horror novel, familiar troupes are elevated by themes of regret, gossip, presumptions, collective loss, and self-acceptance in spite of regret. Not to mention that it focuses on the interior lives of the victims instead of the villain. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child death, Death, Medical trauma, Gore, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Stalking, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Toxic friendship, and Racism

Minor: Drug use, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Domestic abuse

The nature of the gore involves body mutilation, and there is graphic violence with knives. Narcissism in children and adults is explored throughout the text.

savreads28's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Blood, Mental illness, and Cursing

dariana12's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

In the beginning of the book, It felt like just a romance book because it was mostly about the romance between the two main characters but once there was more action in the book, I started to appreciate the romance because they are very cute together. The ending of the book did feel a bit rushed though because everything was happening at once and there were so many things happening super quickly.  Some arts got confusing for me even after rereading a specific part but I still though the book was well written and I really did feel for the characters when something bad happened & I honestly loved all the characters and how they acted in certain situations. Chris was very protective over Ollie but it was so adorable 💗 I wish the reveal of who the killer was, was told more to the end but It was a strong 4 star book. It also made me emotional at times & the killings were pretty gruesome in my opinion. We also got a good back story into the first few students who were murdered but as more students were murdered, the less we even knew about them which made me care less. 

Also, the fact that Rodrigo and Alex both secretly liked each other but never knew absolutely broke my heart in pieces, idk its just so sad😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, and Death of parent

thedizzyreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing

rosesofthespring's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It's tense, it's challenging, and I ended up really liking the characters. Stephanie Perkins has a knack for making characters feel multi-dimensional in a short time, which is invaluable for the slasher genre. It makes the escapes feel earned, and the deaths feel like a true loss. I was surprised to learn that this was published before The Woods Are Always Watching, since I feel like this one avoids the pitfalls that bothered me in The Woods.

I hope we get to see more horror from Perkins in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gore, Medical content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Death, Grief, Murder, Stalking, Gaslighting, Vomit, Alcohol, and Cursing

Moderate: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Racism, Suicide attempt, Transphobia, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Homophobia, Sexism, and Sexual content

sleeson's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Are you kidding me?!? This book had me consumed with such a great storyline. All of this juicy suspense placed in my life to not even get the decency of an epilogue?! Bye Felicia!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Cursing, Death of parent, and Gore

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Alcohol

smiller14360's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Grief and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Bullying, Cursing, Car accident, and Suicide

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

Knocking off half a star because the ending was not what I wanted and I'm not huge on white authors writing main characters that are poc (although this one was fairly well written compared to other poc written by white authors).

the fact Ollie is actually alive feels kind of...meh. like too happy an ending? When her friend was nearly fully decapted and murdered, her other friend seriously stabbed, another girl with a sliced thigh, and Makani gets to keep a boyfriend who apparently is more important than her critically injured friend? It would've been better if he didn't make it for me. Especially since the injured surviving friend kind of did a miracle "saves the day" kind of move to help our main girl deal the final blow. which was going to already make the end a happy-ish ending without "oh my god the boy I've only know for 3 months and am unhealthily obsessed with is alive!!!" Does that make me a jerk? Maybe

Overall though, super good thriller/slasher. Love and hate small Midwest town settings as someone from a small Midwest town. Seriously gave me the creeps because the setting is so similar to where I'm at. Read this is one day. Stayed up super late to finish it. Kind of gives me some similar vibes to The Mary Shelley Club. I would be willing to read more from this author 100%. Def check content/trigger warnings tho.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Medical content, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, and Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Vomit, and Cursing

julienicole1106's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Violence, Cursing, and Murder

voidboi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

When this book was announced, I felt some disappointment that one of my favorite YA authors was moving into a genre that I wasn't particularly interested in, and I never got around to reading it. In retrospect, I'm glad that I didn't, because now I was able to read it with a fairly newfound appreciation for horror and slashers. This book is suspenseful and gory, but it still has qualities of Stephanie Perkins' work that I have always loved- Makani is real, relatable, flawed, and self-aware just as the author's heroines always are (which I found particularly refreshing and comforting as a teenager, because I always knew she took her readers seriously), but she's distinctly her own self. The honesty in how the romance is approached, by the characters and in the writing, feels particularly strong for the genre, again in line with Stephanie's track record. I didn't feel quite the same "swept off my feet" emotions as I did with Anna, Lola, and Isla, probably because it was replaced by apprehension and paranoia- I couldn't quite trust anything for the majority of the book. That said, I think the relationship was developed incredibly well, and I was utterly engrossed. 

I do have a few complaints. I felt that Darby and Alex were underdeveloped and somewhat cartoon-y, and I wish they'd gotten past that before the end. I also thought that the reveal of Makani's past was a bit anti-climactic. Reading about what she'd been put through was horrific (though a bit weirdly formatted), but in the end what she actually did just paled in comparison to to actual bad things in her past and present, and it seemed unrealistic that the response would have been so world-ending for her.

Honestly, if Jasmine had actually died I think it would have hit home, and created a stronger conflict between victimhood and guilt.

And the end of the book felt very abrupt. It needed either a little less or a little more resolution.

This was a great spooky season read, and I'm so glad Steph Perkins was able to write this. Her voice is perfect for the messy and dark parts of adolescence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Drug use, and Physical abuse