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House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
4.0
4.4 rounded down
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I knew from the first page that I would like this book, but I am surprised by how much I loved it. This is the dark, fairytale-esq horror I never knew I wanted. The writing is gorgeous, the characters are dynamic, and the conflict was something I had never seen before.
I've read plenty of books about monsters, House of Hollow is a story told by the monsters. And that is the best part, reading this, following the father's grief, I could see how easy it would be to have a story in his point of view. He went through every parent's worse nightmare, he dedicated everything he had to taking how the Finish Later
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death/grief, death of children, violence/gore, mild body horror, Emetophobia warning, mentions of addiction, bullying, missing children, mentions of suicide and brief description of suicide, mentions of sexual harassment, on-page attempted sexual assaultI knew from the first page that I would like this book, but I am surprised by how much I loved it. This is the dark, fairytale-esq horror I never knew I wanted. The writing is gorgeous, the characters are dynamic, and the conflict was something I had never seen before.
I've read plenty of books about monsters, House of Hollow is a story told by the monsters. And that is the best part, reading this, following the father's grief, I could see how easy it would be to have a story in his point of view. He went through every parent's worse nightmare, he dedicated everything he had to taking how the Finish Later