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A review by thoughts_ofabookworm
Harmony House by Nic Sheff
3.0
Harmony House follows Jen Noonan who moves with her father to a new place following her mother's death. Her ultra-religious father becomes increasingly fixated on the fact that Jen is being taken over by the devil and is in need of saving. Jen is having visions of things that have happened in the past at the house but will she be able to piece it together and save herself and her father before it's too late?
*My thoughts contain spoilers to the book*
This story unfolds very quickly, I think taking place over the span of the first week they move into the house. Although the story itself is very well-written and engaging, there are some things that I felt could have made it more enjoyable. While there are meant to be parallels between the past and the present, noted through Jen's visions, there are things that weren't explained as well as they could have been. For example, there's not enough background on Jen's dad, Anselm, and how he was involved with Harmony House as a child and the parallels between Sister Margaret and Jen's mother, also named Margaret. The other thing that seemed kind of just thrown in there were Jen's 'powers.' There is no mention of what these powers are, why she has them, and what other purpose they serve besides being the way out at the end of the story. Overall, fast-paced and easy to read but definitely leaves something to be desired.
*My thoughts contain spoilers to the book*
This story unfolds very quickly, I think taking place over the span of the first week they move into the house. Although the story itself is very well-written and engaging, there are some things that I felt could have made it more enjoyable. While there are meant to be parallels between the past and the present, noted through Jen's visions, there are things that weren't explained as well as they could have been. For example, there's not enough background on Jen's dad, Anselm, and how he was involved with Harmony House as a child and the parallels between Sister Margaret and Jen's mother, also named Margaret. The other thing that seemed kind of just thrown in there were Jen's 'powers.' There is no mention of what these powers are, why she has them, and what other purpose they serve besides being the way out at the end of the story. Overall, fast-paced and easy to read but definitely leaves something to be desired.