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Model Home by Rivers Solomon

157 reviews

ceciliareading's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book is odd. the twist , if you want to call it that leaves it feeling unsatisfying. it is so deeply lyrical and gorgeous in its prose that it gives me a headache to read. it is also unbearably sad and unrealistic? or something. i liked it but have mixed feelings i will update after book club. essentially this book needs to be talked about if read 
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l_h's review against another edition

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

4.0

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blerdy_girl_readings's review against another edition

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

2.5

Never read this book yall. I’m mad as f*ck. 
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emmylis's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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youshouldreadthisif's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0

🏠 Am I glad I read it? My first Rivers Solomon read delivers a wallop that I gladly accepted. 
 
That this is a book about contemporary racism in the American South is obvious. But as a reader who enjoys thematic explorations of family dynamics, I cannot help but point out that as much as this is a book about the explicit racism experienced by Ezri’s family in this rich, white Dallas suburb, it is equally about the intergenerational effects of such trauma. 
 
“But it lived in them still, that past, the way these things do.” 
 
Ezri’s parents sought to escape the conditions of their own childhoods and make something better for their own children, but it’s not so easy to separate yourself from those kinds of things and the way they shape your psychology and your actions. Mother (God) did so much harm to her children by insisting they stay in that gated community, that house that was the manifestation of her ego and her fantasies of wealth and privilege, that terrified her children so much. Mother (God) couldn’t let go of something false at the expense of her (children’s) life, her (children’s) freedom. History is a psychological cage. 
 
It was this aspect of MODEL HOME’s exploration of racism that I found most interesting. 
 
🏠 Rating: 🖤 (loved) 
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shstancliff's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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kakimbrew's review against another edition

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

4.5

beautiful, impactful prose. i’m reminded of how trauma looms over us and becomes a generational curse. 
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starlingx's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

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applegeorge's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

3.75

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phiamitnick's review against another edition

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4.25

BRUH
I think I loved it? 
Beautiful writing, really incredible portrayal of sibling love/dynamics (their love for each other is by far the most vivid and touching part). Ending made me feel horrible--like really gross and sad-- which is definitely the point. Can't help but feel a little disappointed by it though. One of my favorite things about the book was the the myth/mysticism around the house--house as at least in part metaphor for trauma, memory, abuse etc. I think in some ways I would have preferred a more ambiguous ending. But I also suspect that might be the point. Something to be said for the banality of evil or whatever. I want to recommend it because I want to talk about it but also yeah huge CW.
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