Reviews

Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha

lindsayaunderwood's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense fast-paced

• 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

4.0

shealennon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.25

emilybohannan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, Gun violence, and Violence

melodys_library's review against another edition

2.0

A good idea with a lackluster delivery.

agonzal4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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? Yes

4.5

adenacohen's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

lucifer_morningstar13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

This book was not what I was expecting. Maybe because of the name I assumed it would be a thriller. It was actually about two families tied together by one member's

murder of a member of the other's.

It was about race relations in Los Angeles between Koreans and black people, something I hadn't thought about at all before reading this book. I keep wondering though, about the fact that no co-author is mentioned. The fact that a Korean author wrote this book from the perspective of a Korean woman and a black man in alternating chapters. Wrote about the experiences of this black family struggling with

the murder of one of their own, the main character's sister, a daughter, a niece, a granddaughter.

Very interesting. I wonder if she had help on the perspective.

ardengyle's review against another edition

4.5

story//*****
Covering racial tensions, family secrets, and complicated histories, this is an intricate plot of 2 families that are inextricably linked from the events of one night in the distant past.

style//*****
Cha's historical fiction of the tensions after the LA Riots is palpable.
You can feel the cultural differences and the distinct intergenerational angst and unspoken struggles of each character.

spark//****
This story definitely resonates more with people in LA and surrounding Counties.

shelfexplanatory's review against another edition

2.0

2.5/5

kotabee's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

4.0