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meagangrace's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I did not realize going into this that it would unfold like a mystery and it was great!
I loved the ending most. It played out slow and treated him very patiently. Letting him work things out for himself. I think the author did an amazing job characterizing him. He saw the world in a way that was completely believable for a person who had not experienced any other reality. That is very impressive for a fantasy world.
Moderate: Confinement and Kidnapping
Minor: Vomit, Death, and Blood
emilyplun's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Mental illness
Moderate: Violence and Gun violence
Minor: Blood and Death
starlit_pathways's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Death, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Violence and Gun violence
Minor: Blood
madmantha's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Grief, Violence, Emotional abuse, Slavery, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Stalking, Abandonment, Child death, Cursing, Dementia, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, and Murder
Minor: Blood, Vomit, Deadnaming, Torture, Trafficking, and Gun violence
The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.voiceofreason's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence and Confinement
Moderate: Kidnapping
Minor: Excrement and Blood
leduyhxxng's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
Graphic: Dementia, Slavery, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Death, Gaslighting, Confinement, and Mental illness
Moderate: Vomit and Gun violence
Minor: Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
nickel_'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? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Slavery, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Gun violence
Moderate: Abandonment, Death, and Violence
Minor: Vomit, Blood, and Murder
martinatan's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Mental illness
Minor: Blood, Murder, Slavery, and Toxic relationship
claudiamacpherson'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gaslighting and Confinement
Moderate: Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Death
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Blood, Child death, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail
booksthatburn'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? Yes
5.0
The prose is immersive in both style and content, gradually explaining what’s literally happening even as the narrator often misses the significance of what he’s relaying, or places a different importance on it. The setting is known to the narrator, his sense of the world is that he knows his place within it and the shape of its peculiarities, though there’s always more to explore. Since the reader necessarily is outside of that understanding at first, it provides for slow revelations and discoveries as the contents of his explanations begin to, gradually, make sense. Towards the midpoint it becomes that I could guess at things he didn’t yet understand, providing some of the great feeling of guessing the solution to a mystery early. The ending, however, plays out in a way I didn’t predict but which feels suitable.
I feel so peaceful, after reading it. There’s a kind of happiness from listening to someone talk at length about a thing they love, and Piranesi loves The House. It’s not all great for him, especially when plot things ensue, but vast stretches of the book are filled with the love and care of someone who pays intimate attention to something which fascinates them.
Moderate: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Violence, Abandonment, Gun violence, and Death
Minor: Blood