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A review by votesforwomen
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig
2.0
It started out so promising *sobs*
Things this book promised me:
-HORROR. Chilling, genuinely creepy horror that would shiver on my spine and keep me up at night.
-Strong sister relationships
-A salt and ocean aesthetic
-Gothic type settings
-Overall creepy gorgeousness
What it delivered:
-The occasional creep, but mostly just some very gross gore that made me curl my lip. I don't like horror that relies only on gore, people. My imagination will do more than your words can to make me imagine things. Toward the very end, it got a little bit better--but then things just got WEIRD and I was choking.
-The characters just were not interesting *sobs*
-The romance? I mean, Cassius is great, but also...why is he great?HUH????
-The twist at the end with a Certain Character...I MEAN, COME ONNNNN. That made me straight-up angry. I suspected something was off from the beginning, but like. Plz.
-Aesthetic? What aesthetic? It jolted me every time I got a reminder they were by the ocean. At the beginning, on the pier, there was some good stuff. Honestly, the first 100 pages or so gave me so much hope. But then it just spiraled.
-And also...let's talk content. Like the part where a girl Ew? Between that, the gore, the suggestive romance, the not-so-suggestive romance, and the straight-up rape, I couldn't find enough in here to justify the story.
Unnecessary deaths, gore, and sexual content? NAH. Peace, folks. Faith out. 2 stars.
Things this book promised me:
-HORROR. Chilling, genuinely creepy horror that would shiver on my spine and keep me up at night.
-Strong sister relationships
-A salt and ocean aesthetic
-Gothic type settings
-Overall creepy gorgeousness
What it delivered:
-The occasional creep, but mostly just some very gross gore that made me curl my lip. I don't like horror that relies only on gore, people. My imagination will do more than your words can to make me imagine things. Toward the very end, it got a little bit better--but then things just got WEIRD and I was choking.
-The characters just were not interesting *sobs*
-The romance? I mean, Cassius is great, but also...why is he great?HUH????
-The twist at the end with a Certain Character...I MEAN, COME ONNNNN. That made me straight-up angry. I suspected something was off from the beginning, but like. Plz.
-Aesthetic? What aesthetic? It jolted me every time I got a reminder they were by the ocean. At the beginning, on the pier, there was some good stuff. Honestly, the first 100 pages or so gave me so much hope. But then it just spiraled.
-And also...let's talk content. Like the part where a girl
Spoiler
walks in on her dad and stepmom Doing the Things.Unnecessary deaths, gore, and sexual content? NAH. Peace, folks. Faith out. 2 stars.