A review by motherelectricity
Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas

dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

was that a fever dream or i've actually read that? 

Ines was the weirdest main character, there literally was no personality or drive but it also worked perfectly for this story? Confusing open ending, no thorough explanation of the weirdness, creepy ass atmosphere and culty shit - yesss?? fun, awesome, amazing??

But the biggest wtf of this book wasn't any of that. it's these.. um, brilliant, inspiring quotes:
  • "I didn't like the cookies. Every time I ate them, my stomach filled with unsettled dread."
  • "By afternoon, the first flakes fell. They multiplied like a cancer on the glass."
  • "I paced from one wall to the next. I took nervous shits."
  • "I was sad like a vacuum was sad."

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