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Model Home by Rivers Solomon

160 reviews

shauneebroadley's review against another edition

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

2.0

Well… justice for Elijah they were the only character  throughout the whole book I cared. The MC really said family trauma? yea defo passing it to my kid even if I don’t think i am.

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yrioona's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Absolutely gorgeous prose telling a gripping, gut-wrenching, genre-transcending story. Works equally well as a horror novel and as a novel about real-life horrors. Something about the way Rivers Solomon writes is just totally engrossing to me.  Such a brilliant, fucked up, chilling, moving, story full of complicated and multi-layered characters.

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maincharacter_james's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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greenleafclarke's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25


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kristasorocks's review against another edition

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4.0


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biolumi221's review against another edition

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

2.0

Have you ever sensed that if you and the author were both students in a college creative writing class, the author would spend the entire time arguing with the professor and prevent other students from getting critiques on their work? That was this book for me. A very interesting premise that did not (again, for ME) pay off in the end. Rated 2 stars for some very well-written and evocative turns of phrase.

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geminix1312's review against another edition

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dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

As I lay here, having neglected my responsibilities to finish this book, my chest is aching. This book chewed me up and spat me out. It is unendingly sad and I couldn’t put it down. Solomon explores the concept of a model home abstracted — somehow interweaving reflections on race and gender in America, sibling dynamics, mental illness, grooming, abuse, and the path to repair.

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bookishmillennial's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
disclaimer: I don’t really give starred reviews. I hope my reviews provide enough information to let you know if a book is for you or not. Find me here: https://linktr.ee/bookishmillennial 

WOOF, this was hard to read. I can't really articulate my feelings on it quite yet, but here are some quotations that stood out to me:
BPD (borderline personality disorder), OSDD (other specific dissociative disorder), NPD (narcissistic personality disorder), C(omplex)-PTSD, and GAD (generalized anxiety disorder). All those letters, but they spell only one thing: hole. (23)

Mother is God. You're the uninformed void. (101)

I could never know how Mama was going to react to anything, though. I hated tossing the coin. I preferred to keep secrets. If I didn't show her who I was, she couldn't be disappointed. (72)

History repeats and repeats because history is people, and we reproduce only what we know, and we get what we know from our elders. The same mechanisms that facilitate language facilitate the passing of pain. (146) 

Look up what a haint is. Many of you say you believe in God, so I am asking you to believe in the devil, too. Please. (209) 

Since we moved into 677, I've been hiding. I'm still not ready to be found. (248)

We will all save each other. Or maybe we won't. Maybe there is no saving, only salvaging. Maybe every breath is the triumph, and we must learn to take the win. (280)

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hanhanhanhan's review against another edition

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5.0

not everything scary is a sign from the universe, and thank god for that

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eve_go_fig's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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