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Home Is Where the Bodies Are
by Jeneva Rose
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Three siblings are reunited in their small Wisconsin hometown after their mother's passing. While sorting through their mother's belongings, the siblings find evidence their parents may have been involved in the murder of a young girl years ago.
Got a real kick out of this one.
It's a solid thriller, with great pacing.
New twists came at regular intervals, which always kept me engaged and excited to learn more.
Information is handed to you like breadcrumbs in a way that feels satisfying. You'll notice something and think... "Isn't it strange that-" only for it to come back later, leaving you feeling like a genius.
The book is a fairly easy read, not too challenging but still a good time!
The story is told from the POVs of each sibling and their deceased mother in the past. You really get a sense of each character's distinctive voice, regrets, values, etc. in each their chapters.
For example, Nicole, who had aspirations of being a writer, uses more complex words and is a bit more purple in her description of things.
Family drama unfurls alongside the mystery, giving the novel a lot of emotional interest. Gradually learning about how this family got torn apart, and the deeply human ways in which they've all come to resent each other is almost as interesting as the mystery itself.
The mother's POV segments show the family at its most whole, and makes you wonder if they can get back to that point ever again.
I listened to the audiobook, which was exceptionally performed. Each sibling got their own narrator for their POV chapter, which helped further the distinction between each character.
The POV narrator for a specific chapter also voiced all other characters (including the other siblings) during each chapter, but the voices each actor chooses to portray the other siblings aligns so well with the other narrators. It's a real testement to the actors, and the audiobook producer/director.
I did get a real kick out of the ending whereafter the events of the book, Nicole writes a memoire of the same name and plainly lists out the themes of the novel. It was heavyhanded but in a kind of delightful way!
Got a real kick out of this one.
It's a solid thriller, with great pacing.
New twists came at regular intervals, which always kept me engaged and excited to learn more.
Information is handed to you like breadcrumbs in a way that feels satisfying. You'll notice something and think... "Isn't it strange that-" only for it to come back later, leaving you feeling like a genius.
The book is a fairly easy read, not too challenging but still a good time!
The story is told from the POVs of each sibling and their deceased mother in the past. You really get a sense of each character's distinctive voice, regrets, values, etc. in each their chapters.
For example, Nicole, who had aspirations of being a writer, uses more complex words and is a bit more purple in her description of things.
Family drama unfurls alongside the mystery, giving the novel a lot of emotional interest. Gradually learning about how this family got torn apart, and the deeply human ways in which they've all come to resent each other is almost as interesting as the mystery itself.
The mother's POV segments show the family at its most whole, and makes you wonder if they can get back to that point ever again.
I listened to the audiobook, which was exceptionally performed. Each sibling got their own narrator for their POV chapter, which helped further the distinction between each character.
The POV narrator for a specific chapter also voiced all other characters (including the other siblings) during each chapter, but the voices each actor chooses to portray the other siblings aligns so well with the other narrators. It's a real testement to the actors, and the audiobook producer/director.
I did get a real kick out of the ending where
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent
Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Vomit, Car accident, Murder
Minor: Cancer, Suicide, Vomit, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail