Scan barcode
rebecca713's review
4.0
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
directorpurry's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
breazy777's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Fatphobia
Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
plantgal_jill's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Fatphobia, Mental illness, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Dementia, Stalking, and Death of parent
skeuomorphism's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
+ the hardcover edition of this book is so pretty???????
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Toxic relationship, Blood, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Animal death and Racism
twistykris's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
A House with Good Bones is an entertaining, funny, creepy ride that I enjoyed very much! I really liked Sam, and her inner dialogue was inquisitive and funny. The audiobook narrator Mary Robinette did a fantastic job of voicing all of the characters and it was a delight to listen to.
My only real qualm is that the ending "resolution" seemed to be too abrupt. I would have loved to get a little deeper into WHAT happened and why it happened. Even something like,
Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Blood
Moderate: Racism, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Dementia and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
mshiiken's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Body horror and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Self harm, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body shaming and Racism
daredeviling's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Also the main character was *chefs kiss*. She was perfect for the story, so snarky and with a distinct, individual voice. I loved that her career ended up being really helpful for her in the situation, and it was just like ~character flavor text. It was super relevant. Have I mentioned that I love T Kingfisher's characters? Both in Nettle & Bone and in this book, they jump off the page. I want to be friends with all of them and just crack jokes and make sarcastic comments. And of course, just like in Nettle and Bones, the side characters were awesome. They were all such interesting people and I wish they (especially Phil and Gail) could go on further adventures with the main character.
The magic stuff was a little bit confusing, but I didn't even really mind that because the rest of the book was so good. I just sort of hand-waved it and went with what I could gather from the situation. Loved the creepiness of the underground children and the vultures. There's just such an ~atmosphere that the author is able to evoke that complements the gothic vibes within the house itself so well.
T. Kingfisher is definitely quickly becoming one of my favorite authors! I can't wait to read more of her books! :)
Graphic: Body horror, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming and Emotional abuse
Minor: Dementia
unviincible's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.75
I enjoyed the mc a lot. she read as autistic to me, so combine that with being a scientist and you have a character who's very good at picking up patterns but able to rationalize her way through all the weird goings-ons happening at the same time, which is realistic.
Graphic: Fatphobia and Injury/Injury detail
marsh_mall0w's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Blood, Cannibalism, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, and Racism
Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, and Stalking