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A review by okiecozyreader
Starling House by Alix E. Harrow
adventurous
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
I really liked Starling House. It features a house that is a character in the book. It responds to people and chooses people. There are dangerous monsters living in tunnels under the house. It features a “scrappy” (perfect word from Reese Witherspoon) who has raised her younger brother after her mother died. She is called to the house and the strange guy who lives there.
“The biggest lies are always for the ones you love most. I’ll take care of you. It will be fine. Everything’s ok.” Ch 3
“But Starling House was no longer just a house. What had begun as stone and mortar had become something more, with ribs for rafters and stone for skin. It has no heart, but it feels; it has no brain, but it dreams.” Ch 16
“It’s like seeing a teacher in a grocery store or a cat on a leash. Something inimical to the universe.” Ch 20
“…not every beast comes crawling out of Underland. That some of them live up here and walk around in expensive suits and pencil skirts.” Ch 23
“Starlings probably had it right. The only name worth having is the one you choose.” Ch 24
“And maybe it’s this that makes them truly and terribly alike, this refusal to run; this mad urge to dig their nails into the dirt and stay.” Ch 26
“…the five rivers of the underworld: oblivion, woe, wailing, fury, fire” Ch 29
“The only monsters here are the ones we make.” Ch 31
“This is a town that turns away from anything troubling or unpleasant, anything that threatens their belief in themselves as decent, upstanding folk...” Ch 31
“The biggest lies are always for the ones you love most. I’ll take care of you. It will be fine. Everything’s ok.” Ch 3
“But Starling House was no longer just a house. What had begun as stone and mortar had become something more, with ribs for rafters and stone for skin. It has no heart, but it feels; it has no brain, but it dreams.” Ch 16
“It’s like seeing a teacher in a grocery store or a cat on a leash. Something inimical to the universe.” Ch 20
“…not every beast comes crawling out of Underland. That some of them live up here and walk around in expensive suits and pencil skirts.” Ch 23
“Starlings probably had it right. The only name worth having is the one you choose.” Ch 24
“And maybe it’s this that makes them truly and terribly alike, this refusal to run; this mad urge to dig their nails into the dirt and stay.” Ch 26
“…the five rivers of the underworld: oblivion, woe, wailing, fury, fire” Ch 29
“The only monsters here are the ones we make.” Ch 31
“This is a town that turns away from anything troubling or unpleasant, anything that threatens their belief in themselves as decent, upstanding folk...” Ch 31