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A review by madarauchiha
A House of Ruin by Pamela Crane
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
✨🌠 my about / byf / CW info carrd: uchiha-madara 🌠✨
Kinda pretty straight forward. Someone(?, mentioned this was like Clue [or cluedo if you're a filthy br*t*sh person] But it's not really like Clue beyond hey, people died in a mansion and they did, in fact, have a bunch of household servants who had motive.
The author does get points for writing really unlikeable characters. It's a little bit on the nose and goes a touch too far, but it works. And thankfully it's not fully over board by making them rapists or pedophiles or sadistic abusers.
The ending was a calamity of plot twists that kinda stumble over each other. I can appreciate the bluntness of it all.
This took... 40 minutes to read for me. A fun, quick novella. Not a huge investment, not a terrible regret.
▪ “We gotta confab, Derl!” Sam grumbled as he approached.
“My man, Sam. I’m really sorry about Mrs. Eyler’s overreaction—”
The index finger Sam jabbed against my chest cut my apology short. “Don’t try to cover for them, Derl. You and I both know that family is trippin’. I always see the lady giving me the hairy eyeball when I pass, as if they’re better than me.”
“I understand, but—”
“And her kid’s jive-talking, accusing Sprocket of biting her. She was throwing rocks at her, that mean little devil spawn! Sprocket wasn’t even on her property, by the way. She was in my yard, so technically that kid was trespassing! So if that lady’s going to come at me threatening animal control, she’s got another thing coming
Is... is this a Black character??????? I have no idea. Jive talking? What the fuck.
major classism, gore, murder, grief, gun violence, child death, parental death, infidelity,
medium gun violence, racism, anti immigration sentiment, sexual abuse, Vietnam war,
minor car crash, death, dogs, parent death, cancer, suicide, nazism,
Kinda pretty straight forward. Someone(?, mentioned this was like Clue [or cluedo if you're a filthy br*t*sh person] But it's not really like Clue beyond hey, people died in a mansion and they did, in fact, have a bunch of household servants who had motive.
The author does get points for writing really unlikeable characters. It's a little bit on the nose and goes a touch too far, but it works. And thankfully it's not fully over board by making them rapists or pedophiles or sadistic abusers.
The ending was a calamity of plot twists that kinda stumble over each other. I can appreciate the bluntness of it all.
This took... 40 minutes to read for me. A fun, quick novella. Not a huge investment, not a terrible regret.
▪ “We gotta confab, Derl!” Sam grumbled as he approached.
“My man, Sam. I’m really sorry about Mrs. Eyler’s overreaction—”
The index finger Sam jabbed against my chest cut my apology short. “Don’t try to cover for them, Derl. You and I both know that family is trippin’. I always see the lady giving me the hairy eyeball when I pass, as if they’re better than me.”
“I understand, but—”
“And her kid’s jive-talking, accusing Sprocket of biting her. She was throwing rocks at her, that mean little devil spawn! Sprocket wasn’t even on her property, by the way. She was in my yard, so technically that kid was trespassing! So if that lady’s going to come at me threatening animal control, she’s got another thing coming
Is... is this a Black character??????? I have no idea. Jive talking? What the fuck.
major classism, gore, murder, grief, gun violence, child death, parental death, infidelity,
medium gun violence, racism, anti immigration sentiment, sexual abuse, Vietnam war,
minor car crash, death, dogs, parent death, cancer, suicide, nazism,
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Classism, Gore, Infidelity, Murder, Grief, Child death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Gun violence, War, Racism, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Suicide, Death of parent, Car accident, Death, and Cancer