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A review by tatyanavogt
Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas
4.0
I enjoyed this book, but didn't love it. I kinda ended it feeling like.. well, I dont know how I feel about it. And that feeling has never resolved itself, I just dont really care anymore to figure it out. Now part of me wants to give it a 3 star because of this but when I think to how much I enjoyed part of the experience I feel like a low 4 star is more fitting.
This is a dark academia book about a girl, who after trying to escape from her past, finds herself at this prestigious boarding school that requires all of the students to give up on the outside world for 3 years and make Catherine house their 100% until they graduate. I think the concept was interesting, and even some of the 'mundane' way of revealing things about this school was wonderfully unsettling in a nice subtle way. But I think I just needed a little something more.
I did like the twist and didn't mind the ending necessarily but I needed something else to push it to a 5 for me. I still liked it despite me feeling unsure about the book, so that says something.
This is a dark academia book about a girl, who after trying to escape from her past, finds herself at this prestigious boarding school that requires all of the students to give up on the outside world for 3 years and make Catherine house their 100% until they graduate. I think the concept was interesting, and even some of the 'mundane' way of revealing things about this school was wonderfully unsettling in a nice subtle way. But I think I just needed a little something more.
I did like the twist and didn't mind the ending necessarily but I needed something else to push it to a 5 for me. I still liked it despite me feeling unsure about the book, so that says something.