A review by couillac
Heap House by Edward Carey

3.0

Entirely unique and completely intriguing. In a strangely post-apocalyptic yet Victorian England that seems to have been consumed by heaps of possibly sentient objects, Clod Iremonger and Lucy Pennant uncover the horrible truth behind the Iremonger family's rule. Deliciously creepy and full of fun word play (for example, every member of the Iremonger family has a name that is not quite but almost a traditional name - Clod/Claude, Tummis/Thomas), it's full of atmosphere, rich world-building, and delightfully horrible villainy. While it does get a bit long in places and not all of the details of how this world operates are completely clear, tween readers who enjoy a Gothic sense of horror will eat this up.