1.11k reviews for:

The House of Doors

Tan Twan Eng

3.95 AVERAGE

davidcb90's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous hopeful inspiring 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

invelon's review

4.0

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

lesenderweise's review against another edition

5.0

informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

waynediane's review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

tau7's review

3.5

dark reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book is beautifully crafted and written but I disliked all the characters so much I found it hard to fully engage. Everyone is using at least one other person in a really horrible way and the matter-of-fact racism and snobbery was hard to get over. I realise it was written from the perspective of the time but that just underlined the pernicious nature of colonialism. I also struggle with books that mix fact and fiction in this way, I like to know where I am with history and inventing bits for the sake of a narrative is unsettling for me.

aminahlu's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

hjb_128's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Murder, War

kaiouelios's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

ob1wan07's review against another edition

4.0

informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

readingmanny's review against another edition

3.25

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes