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the_agog_nog's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual assault, and Suicide
zombiezami's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Hate crime, Death, Child death, Bullying, Violence, Gun violence, Blood, Sexual content, Racism, Torture, Racial slurs, Suicide, Cursing, Gore, Animal death, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Fatphobia, Rape, Car accident, Alcohol, Vomit, Dementia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Drug use
Minor: Slavery, Colonisation, and Police brutality
Incarcerationreadlexread's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
Graphic: Sexual assault
Moderate: Racial slurs, Homophobia, and Gaslighting
kermit_the_wrong's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Suicide, Child death, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault
Minor: Sexual content
halbo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Sexual violence, Blood, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual content, Racism, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Sexism, Body horror, Racial slurs, and Infidelity
Moderate: Blood and Addiction
locdbooktician's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This is a story about a family with conjured magic. This is what happens when a family matriarch bends magic to its breaking point and Papa Legba requests a price. Only for unfortunate event after unfortunate event happens to this family who are owners of the good house. This is a story of how ancestors and live descendants must work together to restore a family. This story urges you that you don’t have to believe in the unexplained in order for the unexplained to believe and HUNT YOU!
This is also a story of how important it is to share family history. No matter how difficult it may be because it may cost someone’s life. It’s important to believe your family members and trust your gut. If you believe someone with malice is coming into your life. Belief that and cleanse yourself and people you love as well.
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Child death
oinkoink'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Death, Sexual harassment, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Car accident
thetruthatallhazards'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? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
rorikae's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
The Good House is well known in its town. Angela Toussaint's grandmother owned the house and it received its nickname under her care. But when a tragedy that upends Angela's life takes place in the house, things begin to change. There are strange happenings around the town and not everyone is acting normally.
Due has created a haunting tale that pairs family saga with the horrors of a haunting that crosses generations. After an initial spot of violence, the story takes on a subtly haunting tone as ominous events unravel and we come to learn more about the Good House and the Toussaint family. Each of the characters is so fully fleshed out that they jump off the page. They are all incredibly flawed but their humanness also makes them easy to care for. The added element of the story winding through different family members perspectives over different years, stiches the story together in a really satisfying way.
So much happens across this book and there is practically every content warning that you can imagine. I've been excited to read this book for a while and it lived up to and exceeded my expectations. I can't wait to read more of Due's work.
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence
carli_likes_books'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Suicide and Child death
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Drug use