A review by hauntedantiqueshop
Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman

dark mysterious sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

  1. Who the FUCK talks to their 8 year old kid like that? They’re straight up monologuing AT this kid.
  2. Their kid is the ONLY kid at this random party her parents are throwing, where the adults are all openly drinking and half asses sneaking smoking weed and she’s the evening entertainment as a little dancer??? what kind of Shirley Temple shit is this. 🤨
  3. What kid EXCLUSIVELY calls their father daddo? That isn’t a thing.
  4. Of course they made the mom a whore that was annoying, it’s like the author wanted readers to WANT Other Mommy to kill her. 
  5. Coraline did the wholeOther Parent thing so much better.
  6. Bela is an idiot. “They lied to me about something I was not developmentally able to comprehend so I can lie to them now and just let a demon inside me, that’s the same thing” GIRL NO
  7. It was SO repetitive.
  8. The idea of ruining innocence with parental infidelity and paternity to make someone unappealing to a demon (?) is so stupid to me. Those things feed on BAD feelings and they literally added fuel to that fire. Idiots.

All that being said, I did kinda like it tbh. I had a good time, got through it fast. It definitely could have been worse.
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