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BookmarkTavern
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Mehso-so

A group of friends decides that an abandoned haunted manor, full of the ghosts of women buried alive, is the perfect place for a wedding party. The house agrees.

I really wanted more out of this. At the end of every chapter, I felt like it needed to be twice as long. I needed more set up of the friends, more set up for the climax. The descriptions were visceral & unsettling, & would have been better suited for a more gradual horror.🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑

BookmarkTavern General warning for gore, violence, toxic friendships, and references to suicide attempts 1w
PuddleJumper I didn't get on with this one. I had a lot of potential for being something really unsettling but it fell short 1w
BookmarkTavern @PuddleJumper Right? I need to be able to sit with a haunted house story. I wanted the horror to creep up on me slowly, instead of going from 0 to 100 and then stopping short. It didn‘t help that I really didn‘t feel like I was supposed to care about any of the characters. 1w
PuddleJumper @BookmarkTavern The characters were awful! I don't know why they were friends or if they actually cared about one another 1w
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Jari-chan
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Mehso-so

Well... Why were these people friends in the first place? They all seemed to hate each other, so I didn't really care about them. Maybe the horror in this was too subtle, and I might should've tried to find a translation to get into this a bit better. Next time maybe.

#queerbc @PuddleJumper

PuddleJumper I didn't understand why these people were friends either. It was a weird dynamic and hard to get into the horror when I wasn't sure if they actually cared about each other 2w
Jari-chan @PuddleJumper I'm somewhat relieved you had the same experience. I didn't feel any connection between those characters. 2w
TieDyeDude Yeah, this didn't quite do it for me. Unlikable characters, and mythology that had no set-up and that I didn't really understand 😕 2w
Jari-chan @TieDyeDude I'm relieved that I'm not the only one with that experience. 2w
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CaitlinR
Starling House | Alix Harrow
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Pickpick

Another great gothic from Harrow. Starling House is a living entity, sheltering monsters initially created by Eleanor Starling, and born out of her fear. The house has lured and killed successive guardians. Arthur is determined to break the curse and die killing the monsters. Opal, who lost her mother to the curse, is inescapably drawn to the House and wants to save Arthur. Explores, very well, concepts of addiction to fear and ideals. Great read.

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JackOBotts
Starling House | Alix Harrow
Pickpick

⭐️⭐️⭐️

Enjoyed visiting the Starling House and meeting some of the good folks of Eden.

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Doppoetry
Diavola: A Novel | Marie Thorne, Jennifer
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Since these will be the last 2 months I'll probably post them one after another, instead of bi-monthly like I did in the past. And with that out of the way, it's time for #2024bookbracket. Nov. has been my most active month with 14 books in total. A lot of it is due to reading Narnia novels, but also because I was aiming to hit my yearly goal.

(the template is by @/CSeydel)

#bookbracket2024
#ReadingBracket2024
#TopRead2024

Doppoetry The November pick was kind of a no-brainer, I absolutely loved Diavola. Hoping I can get through December picks just as efficiently. 3w
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Lauredhel
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Pickpick

The Woman in Black is a spooky, sad ghost story with an amazing sense of place.

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#rockingchair #ISpyBingo @Clwojick @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3w
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HeatherBookNerd
The Haunting of Hill House | Shirley Jackson
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Mehso-so

I really loved I Have Always Lived in the Castle, but this one not so much. It was okay.

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Its_Amanda_Plz
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Mehso-so

This was just all over the place and inconsistent. I could go the rest of my life without hearing/seeing “other mommy” ever again and it would not be enough.

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MysticFaerie
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Mehso-so

3.5⭐️/5⭐️