Reviews tagging 'Death'

Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey

105 reviews

princessraya's review against another edition

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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

This book was not what I expected, and unfortunately not in a good way. There were things I liked, but the ending really fell flat and it was more paranormal than I thought it would be based on the description. Didn’t hate it but it felt like something was missing. 
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alek_n's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

i just know vera would love monster by eminem ft. rihanna
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karly_ackley's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Absolutely horrifying! But in a can’t look away type of way!
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micallab's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad slow-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
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billcbentley's review

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

3.25

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dogswithnogs's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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brett311's review

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dark tense slow-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

4.0

I’m honestly not sure what I just read!  This one is a mind f*ck.  Vera returns to the house her father built because her estranged mother is dying.  Vera has not been home since she turned 18 and her mother kicked her out.  Oh and to complicate things, her father was a serial killer and her mother has been capitalizing on his notoriety by having people tour the house and even has an artist living in their garden shed.  This was a roller coaster, at times it feels to drag on in repetition of description of the house but it hooks you.  I couldn’t put it down.  Gailey does a great job using horror to explore unconditional love.  In her acknowledgments she states: “if you have spent any part of your life thinking that something monstrous was normal or inevitable; if you have lost some part of yourself in the process of looking for a place that feels like home—I hope you know that you have always deserved a better kind of love than that.”
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sakeriver's review

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dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

So, this book was creepy and disturbing as all get-out, which I mean as a compliment. In the dedication, Gailey says that the book is for "everyone who has ever loved a monster." And what I think they do so well—indeed, what they have done well in so many of their books—is to trouble what it means to be monstrous. Who is the real monster of this book? Is there just one? What does it mean to love a monster, or to be loved by one? Can one escape the monstrosity placed into one's life? Gailey never gives us easy answers to those questions, not in this book and not elsewhere. But, man, they always give us a compelling read.
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librarymouse's review

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

4.5

This book starts off as normal as a book about the daughter of a serial killer returning to the home her dying and estranged mother has turned into a money-making shrine to the investigation of her husband's crimes. Then it gets weird with twists that are simultaneously expected and comprised of plot that I could have never expected in decades.
There are still so many questions I want answered, and I would have loved to know the contents of Vera's dad's letters.
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_delaney_'s review

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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

3.0

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