pick#trappedinaspookyhouse
The tone was a little bit sillier than your usual haunted house tale. The MC has accepted the presence of a slew of ghosts (mostly murdered children, mostly harmless) as the price of living in her dream house. When her husband goes missing, her daughter shows up to investigate, throwing all her careful routines for coexisting with the ghosts into chaos. But … why isn‘t she more curious about her husband‘s whereabouts?
CSeydel The idea was clever, but the writing was somewhat lacking. I never felt terror or suspense. There was a lot of dialogue between the MC and daughter, and it was pretty clunky. The daughter is supposed to be 30 but reads about ten years younger. Soft pick, fun for Halloween, but didn‘t really live up to the buzz. 2mo
Texreader Bummer! I had stacked it. Should I keep it on my tbr? 2mo
CSeydel @Texreader It‘s got a lot of enthusiastic 5-star reviews on Goodreads, so I would say if you want to read it, go ahead. It was a quick read if nothing else. And it was good, but it will depend on what you‘re looking for. There‘s no eerie mood or mounting dread that you typically expect from a haunted house story. There is a lot of carnage and graphic descriptions of mutilated children, so if you have a low tolerance for that, I‘d steer clear. 2mo
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CSeydel @Texreader But I‘m looking at Goodreads and people are comparing it favorably with The Haunting of Hill House, which frankly makes no sense to me. Whether or not you enjoy Jackson (she‘s not for everyone, I know) the two books could not be more different. 2mo
PuddleJumper 🧡🖤🧡 2mo
kspenmoll I am doing your book bracket. What is a wild card? Thx! 2mo
CSeydel @kspenmoll Hi Katherine! A wild card is just an extra spot on the bracket that you can use for any book you want. It serves to even out the matchup pairs, and it gives you flexibility if you have a month when you can‘t pick a single best book of the month. 2mo
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