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A review by stiricide
House of Stairs by William Sleator
5.0
This is probably the most "what was the one..." book I've ever come across, and with good reason. This book is bonkers. (And still shelved in JF here at Ludington when, jesus christ, if I'd read this while I was hanging out in JF, I'd've needed a therapist. I still might. HoS is fuuuuucked uppppp. This is totally YA fic.) Somehow, even more fucked up now then when I read it as a kid? This is some Cube/Milgram experiment shit.
Dump five orphaned kids in a secret bunker full of nothing but stairs. Subject them to a conditioning experiment that rewards them when they harm each other. Go.
Rereading this as an adult, I find Sleator's actual dialogue and character development to be a little clunky, but nothing that should shy you away from reading this.
Dump five orphaned kids in a secret bunker full of nothing but stairs. Subject them to a conditioning experiment that rewards them when they harm each other. Go.
Rereading this as an adult, I find Sleator's actual dialogue and character development to be a little clunky, but nothing that should shy you away from reading this.