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A review by leootherland
What Happened at Hawthorne House by Hadassah Shiradski
5.0
Special thanks to NetGalley and Brigids Gate Press for the ARC copy they provided.
What Happened at Hawthorne House was a surprisingly hard book to read. I went in expecting a typical ghost story, in essence, a tragedy, but this isn’t exactly what I found. What Happened at Hawthorne House is a tragedy, yes, but it is also a book dealing with a lot of intentional, senseless cruelty and mutual abuse. Reading this material was difficult and stomach turning at times.
That said, the fact I felt sick at heart for the characters and the actions portrayed on the page means this book is well written. Hadassah Shiradski created an emotion-packed work that will leave you feeling as any ghost story should, haunted. And with the subtle dread of a place you’ve never been and never want to go. If you are looking for a book to read in the dark and leave you with a little pit of despair and disgust in your gut, What Happened at Hawthorne House is the right book for you.
What Happened at Hawthorne House was a surprisingly hard book to read. I went in expecting a typical ghost story, in essence, a tragedy, but this isn’t exactly what I found. What Happened at Hawthorne House is a tragedy, yes, but it is also a book dealing with a lot of intentional, senseless cruelty and mutual abuse. Reading this material was difficult and stomach turning at times.
That said, the fact I felt sick at heart for the characters and the actions portrayed on the page means this book is well written. Hadassah Shiradski created an emotion-packed work that will leave you feeling as any ghost story should, haunted. And with the subtle dread of a place you’ve never been and never want to go. If you are looking for a book to read in the dark and leave you with a little pit of despair and disgust in your gut, What Happened at Hawthorne House is the right book for you.