A review by caitsidhe
The House That Horror Built by Christina Henry

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.0

I enjoy a slow-build atmospheric novel. But this was not that, instead it was just poorly paced. The prose was neither awful nor good, but the dialogue was clunky and unbelievable. The ending was ridiculous and far too fast. And throughout there was this tendency, common in this era of terrible reading comprehension, to lecture the reader about what exactly they are supposed to take away from the book and what the themes of the book are. I hate that.