1.11k reviews for:

The House of Doors

Tan Twan Eng

3.95 AVERAGE

cleocat's review

3.75

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

orch_la's review against another edition

4.75

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kexin's review against another edition

4.5

emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

daschneider's review

5.0

emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I found the writing to be beautiful. The use of verbs, for ex, watching shadows of clouds “bruise” the earth. 

antjelinae's review against another edition

4.0

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What a journey. I almost dnf multiple times but I’m so glad I stuck it out because the last ~25% is so good. Just really beautiful imagery. I’d love to watch a high budget limited series of this book.

sarahgri's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

desiblairwaldorf's review

4.5

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sarcasticnerdette's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

himpersonal's review

3.0

emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Better than expected but less than what I’d hoped.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racism, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Deportation

eveallin's review

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes