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badmom's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Tension & dread builds quickly + powerfully; creepy circumstances unfold and start to have historical connections but then are largely left at symbolic meaning for the couple.
I was left considering how I would react in their situation and pondering my own relationship but would have preferred a more concrete conclusion. But, discomfort in the unknown might be the point.
Graphic: Gaslighting
Moderate: Stalking and Alcohol
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, and Emotional abuse
smolfem's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Medical content, Confinement, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Death of parent, Sexual content, Vomit, and Suicide attempt
five's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I feel like there could have been some really cool potential to do more with the woman who died and Rolf's entire character, but they were ultimately just kind of used as a device to be like "hey, this neighbor guy is pretty creepy, huh?"
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Mental illness, and Addiction
Moderate: Child death and Suicide attempt
Minor: Sexual content
ash_ton's review
2.75
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, and Body horror
Moderate: Child death, Addiction, Gaslighting, and Medical content
Minor: Suicide attempt
traa's review
- 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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Dementia, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Stalking
Minor: Murder, Sexual violence, Vomit, Cancer, Fatphobia, Violence, Eating disorder, and Sexual content
rockyc5's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Minor: Medical content and Suicide attempt
cady_sass's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Body horror, Gaslighting, Medical content, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content
savvylit's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Highly recommend to fellow fans of literary horror and haunted house tropes!
Graphic: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Grief, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Alcohol and Addiction
lizardgod's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
- 'I loved this book up until the last chapters. I had so many hypotheses of what could be happening and was hanging on to each page...when it ended.
There was no mention again of the neighbor living in their walls (or if it even happened), if they were actually being haunted, what happens with their relationship, and even if it was a metaphor for their marriage. The ending felt rushed and 'up to interpretation' consequently making it seem sloppy and unfinished. I finished the book with more confusion than when I started, and no, not in a 'wow what just happened' way.'
Graphic: Toxic relationship
Moderate: Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Death
angryoppossum's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Medical content, Mental illness, and Addiction
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Child death, and Suicide
Minor: Alcohol and Grief