Review by sashahc - Starling House

sashahc 's review for:

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I just finished a really good one. “Starling House” by Alix Harrow is a glorious onion of a Southern Gothic. Although linearly told, it masterfully tangles myth, dream, reality, past, and present. There are family abandonments, small town dramas, an evil coal company, and a haunted house that may be the gateway to the underworld. The main character is fierce, funny, scrappy, traumatized, and deeply loyal. It is beautifully written and not at all a cozy, but it was a wrench to let the characters go at the end. Read it. #book.

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