A review by maimy_santiago99
The September House by Carissa Orlando

dark funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

This book was recommended to me as funny and scary. It definitely has its so-absurd-it's-funny moments.  Didn't scare me at all but books rarely do. I like that the "it turns out she's just crazy and all the haunting stuff was her the whole time" trope was inverted,  but the whol  thing of the haunting as a metaphor for an abusive relationship was extremely ham-handed and for the first half of so of the story, the main character really reads like a self involved sociopath. The few moments she does something to indicate actual emotion become suspect by how emotionless she is most of the time,  appear to be play acting. I probably wouldn't have continued reading long enough to get to the absurdities and the meat of the haunting if it were much longer a book, but it's so short I kinda just kept plowing on.  It reads more like a first draft than a finished novel but it wasn't bad, just needed a LOT more refining. 
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