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3.66 AVERAGE
3.66 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I think Nicole explains this book the best, -
“'Home Is Where The Bodies Are’ is about life, my life to be exact, but I think we end similar experiences in a way. maybe not the same ones I have, but there our universal themes. It’s about death, grief, regret, the things we need in life, and the things life needs from us. It’s about love with and without condition, it’s about addiction and healing, but most of all it's about family. What it means to be one, what it means to have one, and what it means to lose one.” -Nicole ch.48
Monsters can be the ones who live closest to you after all. Maybe as we grow up we realize that monsters aren’t some scary creature from a movie or book, but they are our own blood.
I really enjoyed this book, I read some reviews saying they didn’t like the different perspectives, and there was one character where I would agree with this statement, but at first it was fine, then after hearing it for like the fifth time it got repetitive of hearing a dead person’s POV, but it still added a lot. So i don’t think I would complain about that a whole lot.
It was a fairly light horror, which another reason some people didn’t like it, but as someone who prefers lighter horror/thriller books this was perfect. Definitely worth checking out if you want to try horror for the first time and want the family aspect to it all.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol
Moderate: Chronic illness
Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Suicide, Blood, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
After a time i picked up another thriller and oh boy i didn't regret picking up this book.
The characters were all you need in a thriller. You get tossed around between love them and hating them. But at the end you let out a scream. Because i didn't saw the ending coming. I liked the writing and don't read it in One sitting take your time enjoy the writing style and the plots about grief and hurt and family 🫣🤯💀🏡
The characters were all you need in a thriller. You get tossed around between love them and hating them. But at the end you let out a scream. Because i didn't saw the ending coming. I liked the writing and don't read it in One sitting take your time enjoy the writing style and the plots about grief and hurt and family 🫣🤯💀🏡
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Book 61 of 2025: Home Is Where The Bodies Are - Jeneva Rose
Three siblings back together: Beth (the eldest), Nicole (the middle child), and Michael (the youngest). Brought together by the death of their mother, now they have to sift through their parents belongings…suddenly they stumble upon a home video showing a dead body and now their lives are turned upside down.
Review:
⭐️ 4/5
This was such an interesting premise and an enjoyable read. I loved the nostalgic level of the 90s camcorder recordings, and it was a unique way to tell the story. The sibling dynamics were so interesting, especially how different each child turned out, highlight the old nature/nurture debate. I did predict the ending reasonably early on, whilst this didn’t detract from the enjoyment of reading, it would have been nice to have a bit more suspense and mystery.
Challenges:
📚Books in 2025: 61/100
📚2025 52 Book Club Connections Challenge: 1/21
Book Information:
📖 Pages: 249
📖 Format: Paperback
📖 Type: Fiction
📖 Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Favourite Quotes:
“Nothing brings people together better than death.”
“There's not many things you can count on in life, but that ... is one thing you can count on. It will rise and it will fall — no matter what. Don't matter if you're sick or sad. Don't matter if there is war or there is peace. Don't matter if you see it or you don't. That sun. You can count on it.”
“A half-truth is just a whole lie.”
“We can only endure so much before we can't anymore.”
….not the take away I would have gone with but alright. Apparently nobody could be bothered to learn anything when it comes to “protecting” family.
3.75⭐️ Enjoyable! I may be biased because I think Jeneva Rose is hilarious and a great human, so I’m always going into her books with “rose”-colored glasses (get it, Rose…). Okay anyway