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A review by whatellisreadnext
House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ: ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐น๐บ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ.
Iris, Vivi and Grey disappeared as children, only to turn up a month later with no memory of what happened to them. Over time their hair turned grey, their eyes black. When Grey the eldest goes missing again, Iris and Vivi are forced to confront their past, and return to where they went ten years ago...
House of Hollow absolutely blew my expectations out of the water. It was weird, and funny and so very gross. I loved every second of it. I absolutely devoured this over 48 hours, any minute I had spare, I was reading this completely messed up, but absolutely addictive book.
Even though this is technically young adult, it isn't for the faint hearted. Body horror takes a front seat, and I think the disgusting nature of this book is one of my favourite things about it... I don't know what that says about me, but I loved it ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ
The characters were fantastic, I loved the main character Iris, but Vivi and Tyler were just hilarious. One thing I did not expect from this book was for it to make me laugh so much. I am a sucker for a horror book or movie that is full of hilarious one liners. I think it just breaks away from the bleak themes, and it always happened at the perfect time, just when I needed some comic relief.
So I'm probably going to be forcing this book on all of my friends that also love weird, and disgusting books. I read this alongside @littleredlibrary and @bristolianbooks, I can't wait to chat about it, there is a lot to unpack. And THAT ENDING?!? It was evil, and I really hope we are getting a second book because I need more of this๐ค๐ค๐ค
Iris, Vivi and Grey disappeared as children, only to turn up a month later with no memory of what happened to them. Over time their hair turned grey, their eyes black. When Grey the eldest goes missing again, Iris and Vivi are forced to confront their past, and return to where they went ten years ago...
House of Hollow absolutely blew my expectations out of the water. It was weird, and funny and so very gross. I loved every second of it. I absolutely devoured this over 48 hours, any minute I had spare, I was reading this completely messed up, but absolutely addictive book.
Even though this is technically young adult, it isn't for the faint hearted. Body horror takes a front seat, and I think the disgusting nature of this book is one of my favourite things about it... I don't know what that says about me, but I loved it ๐๐ปโโ๏ธ
The characters were fantastic, I loved the main character Iris, but Vivi and Tyler were just hilarious. One thing I did not expect from this book was for it to make me laugh so much. I am a sucker for a horror book or movie that is full of hilarious one liners. I think it just breaks away from the bleak themes, and it always happened at the perfect time, just when I needed some comic relief.
So I'm probably going to be forcing this book on all of my friends that also love weird, and disgusting books. I read this alongside @littleredlibrary and @bristolianbooks, I can't wait to chat about it, there is a lot to unpack. And THAT ENDING?!? It was evil, and I really hope we are getting a second book because I need more of this๐ค๐ค๐ค
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual assault