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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting
I am a little nervous because this is my first real review but here goes. I am a little conflicted about the book if I am being honest....
I enjoyed the way that the story was set up, with the atmosphere and mystery keeping me hooked the entire way through. Neomi is an interesting enough main character that pushes the story forward, and the members of the house are unsettling enough to keep me on edge. I cannot deny that the last third was amazing (raised my rating from a 3.5 to a 4), I was completely absorbed, I NEEDED to know if she would escape. Would she take Francis and Catalina with her? Would they force her back?
However, the book overall wasn't as scary as some made it out to be. This may be because of (what I feel is) its slow pace, in my opinion, the story only picked up at around the 200-page mark. Additionally, I was a little disappointed at how our main character didn't really piece anything together, instead, it was all info dumped on us at the last third and we were meant to just go with it.
I enjoyed the way that the story was set up, with the atmosphere and mystery keeping me hooked the entire way through. Neomi is an interesting enough main character that pushes the story forward, and the members of the house are unsettling enough to keep me on edge. I cannot deny that the last third was amazing (raised my rating from a 3.5 to a 4), I was completely absorbed, I NEEDED to know if she would escape. Would she take Francis and Catalina with her? Would they force her back?
However, the book overall wasn't as scary as some made it out to be. This may be because of (what I feel is) its slow pace, in my opinion, the story only picked up at around the 200-page mark. Additionally, I was a little disappointed at how our main character didn't really piece anything together, instead, it was all info dumped on us at the last third and we were meant to just go with it.