A review by reneebraceysherman
A Good House for Children: A Novel by Kate Collins

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I really enjoyed A Good House for Children and it kept me wondering what the house might do next. It’s a ghost story about two women, Lydia, a live-in nanny in 1976, and Orla, an artist and mother in 2017, who move into a house that has a personality of its own. The British seaside manor makes them see things and steals the entire beings of the mothers in it until they don’t have much left for themselves. It reminded me a lot of The Haunting of Hill House.