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maryellen's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol
Moderate: Infidelity, Drug use, Drug abuse, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Car accident, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief
mary_stormageddon's review
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I won't sleep well for awhile after this one. But it was worth it!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug use, and Infidelity
emrichards's review
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This was a well written book (aside from so many chapter breaks mid scene, that was weird) BUT Shirley Jackson's original was a psychological masterpiece using a ‘haunted’ house as a dark and nuanced exploration of madness. Is Hill House haunted? We never know. This had supernatural rabbits. Frankly a lot of supernatural elements. Unless you’re supposed to take Stevie’s mushroom taste at the end to mean they’ve all been on drugs lol
I expected more from an official continuation. Also, if you’re going to have cheaters taking up so much of the plot, I would have loved more about how that fundamental lack of trust would splinter the group even without a haunting. As it is, the cheating is just another tick box to give us unlikable characters.
I would have appreciated this book more as its own haunted house story, without trying to make Hill House something it wasn’t.
Thanks to Mulholland Books for the digital arc.
I expected more from an official continuation. Also, if you’re going to have cheaters taking up so much of the plot, I would have loved more about how that fundamental lack of trust would splinter the group even without a haunting. As it is, the cheating is just another tick box to give us unlikable characters.
I would have appreciated this book more as its own haunted house story, without trying to make Hill House something it wasn’t.
Thanks to Mulholland Books for the digital arc.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity
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