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Model Home by Rivers Solomon

34 reviews

beastlybrooke's review against another edition

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

1.75

Read the trigger warnings dear lord. This is not a haunted house book. 

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lucasplusbooks's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense 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

5.0

I just need a breather after this one. 

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spadefootfrog'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? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Beautiful and devastating. This one will stay with me. 

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cmd586's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.25

There were pieces of this that I wish I could erase from my memory. Some graphic sexual stuff that was unpleasant for me and not at all titillating. And it didn’t ALL feel necessary to the story. 

Otherwise, I loved this. 

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jessthanthree's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad fast-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

5.0


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sabzidyke's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-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? No

5.0


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thehungrylittlebookworm's review against another edition

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

5.0


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dybbuk's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-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

This book is amazing. It draws you in and holds you captive. It's dark and creepy, and gives you hints in so many directions that it's hard to know what's really happening. The main character is broken in ways that make them sympathetic, but also clearly unreliable as a narrator. Be ready for one hell of a ride.

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rorikae's review against another edition

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challenging emotional sad tense 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

4.5

'Model Home' by Rivers Solomon is a literary horror novel that delves into the horrors of childhood and familial trauma.
Ezri fled xer family's suburban Texas home as soon as xe were old enough to leave. Xe now live in England with xer daughter though xey still deal with the fallout from the hauntings that plagued xer family home. When xer parents stop answering the phone, xey head home with an ominous feeling, only to find that both of xer parents have passed away. Did they die a natural death or did the house exact revenge? As Ezri seeks out answers, xey are forced to confront what xer childhood was really like. 
Solomon does such an exceptional job of placing you in the head of their characters. Ezri is struggling through a lot in this novel and as the reader, Solomon brings you along very closely with xer experience. This is a tough novel. It delves into a lot of horrible things and Solomon doesn't spare the reader from the true horrors. This is very much a literary horror. Solomon's writing is evocative, which helps bring you into their character's experiences and the horrors of the family home. They add in thoughtful commentary about the experience of a Black family living in a mostly White suburban neighborhood, complicated sibling dynamics, and reconciling memories of one's parents with how they actually acted. Solomon continues to bring a level of thoughtful commentary, evocative writing, and human characters to their work that is above and beyond most other writers' skill.

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prizazz's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

Wow! Powerful and devastating!

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