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Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey

10 reviews

brindolyn's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Violence, Terminal illness, Body horror, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Toxic friendship

wrestleacademic's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Torture, Cancer, Body horror, and Child abuse

gellyreads's review

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The concept is really captivating. It's hard to describe the pacing with this novel as it starts off paint-drying slow then speeds up so quick you're on a rollercoaster.

I enjoyed Vera's descent into madness and violence, and I love the concept of the monster, but I feel like I would LOVE this book instead of like it if the existence of the monster wasn't clear. IDK, felt too clear to me.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Murder, Death of parent, Death, Chronic illness, Cancer, Gore, Violence, Vomit, and Mental illness

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This was maybe the most scary and horrifying book that I've ever read?? Gailey does body horror and body descriptions like no one I've ever read. Will definitely read them again, but whew, this was terrifying. My only little things were that the reveal felt a little bit muddy to me, and I kind of felt like I was bonked in the head with the idea of stains/residue over the course of the book until I was sure that it was meaningful in some way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Chronic illness, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Vomit, and Alcoholism

Minor: Pregnancy, Excrement, and Sexual harassment

The gore and torture totally made me lose my appetite until I finished the book, so beware, my sensitive-to-words friends!

bookishcookiemonster's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• 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

3.75

Really enjoyed the twist at the end. Not at all what I was expecting!
I really enjoyed that I was constantly guessing who the book deemed "good" or "bad" and I really enjoyed that, even at the end, I don't actually know who the true villian is, or if there even was a villian.
Great pacing, scary, but not terrifying. Very entertaining read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, Vomit, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Violence, Gore, Emotional abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

radtastical's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Medical content, Blood, Torture, Cancer, Cursing, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Body horror

j_squaredd's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Abandonment, Gore, Cancer, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Body horror, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Physical abuse

sunnyjreads's review

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

violetsonata93's review

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

I expected a lot from this novel. Especially since the summary said it was perfect for fans of Haunting of Hill House and I’ll be gone in the dark. But somehow the very slow rythm of it threw me off. It’s a book that feels claustrophobic, being almost completely set inside the Crowder House with very few characters. I am not used to this and I was even wondering if I’d be able to finish it for at least half of it. But I’m glad I did. The more you come close to the end the more nightmarish it becomes. It feels like slowly giving in to your inner demons. Like reaching your breaking point, like a psychosis completely took over. I was somehow expecting a little bit more of narration about what Francis Crowder did exactly in the house somehow. But I get that it is not really what this story is about.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Violence, Child abuse, Body horror, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Cancer and Alcohol

annir's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Minor: Chronic illness, Abandonment, Cancer, and Child abuse