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A review by bookmeabreak
Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I finished this yesterday but I been busy. I read horror stuff all the time and people say "ThIS wAs tHE scARieSt boOk IvE eVEr ReaD!" And I'm always like...it was fine. If it happened in real life I probably be worried if I saw it in a film I'd jump.
YALL! π΅βπ«πΆβπ«οΈ
THIS WAS THE SCARIEST BOOK IVE EVER READ! Let me preface this by saying my version was an audiobook. The narrator they got for this book was an ace in the hole. There were a couple times very few that she flubbed the little girls voice and used the wrong one but I appreciated it cause it brought me back to reality kinda so I didn't get stuck in whatever scene was happening.
I don't know how old that narrator was but she did a great job. Enough that I believed everything Bella said from start to finish. I also enjoyed the character development of the story. Could they have added more? They can always add more but it was just enough and just subtly enough that you could enjoy the story and still care about everyone. Their flaws their confusion. Even some minor characters which usually I hate backgrounding minor characters but I liked how they did this by giving just enough but not enough to go why do we need this info.
I absolutely loved the fact that all of this is told from a child's point of view and the confusion she gets from beginning and end and the decisions she has to make to that scene toward the end where she gets mad and you kind of get mad with her cause "why right this second and you don't even know if it will work?" The end... Y'all if you read the end...I may have been a pile of mush as everything just unfolds. π And the way they make her perceive it ππ
Honorable mention this book made me want to get Cane Corso's and get them trained. Such good doggos. No one ever explained why they were only trained for the first floor though. Doesn't matter in the grand scheme I think it's just weird that they were only trained for that.
I loved this book. 4.5 β Only points taken off for those couple missteps in voice change.
This was so good. I may listen again some day soon.
YALL! π΅βπ«πΆβπ«οΈ
THIS WAS THE SCARIEST BOOK IVE EVER READ! Let me preface this by saying my version was an audiobook. The narrator they got for this book was an ace in the hole. There were a couple times very few that she flubbed the little girls voice and used the wrong one but I appreciated it cause it brought me back to reality kinda so I didn't get stuck in whatever scene was happening.
I don't know how old that narrator was but she did a great job. Enough that I believed everything Bella said from start to finish. I also enjoyed the character development of the story. Could they have added more? They can always add more but it was just enough and just subtly enough that you could enjoy the story and still care about everyone. Their flaws their confusion. Even some minor characters which usually I hate backgrounding minor characters but I liked how they did this by giving just enough but not enough to go why do we need this info.
I absolutely loved the fact that all of this is told from a child's point of view and the confusion she gets from beginning and end and the decisions she has to make to that scene toward the end where she gets mad and you kind of get mad with her cause "why right this second and you don't even know if it will work?" The end... Y'all if you read the end...I may have been a pile of mush as everything just unfolds. π And the way they make her perceive it ππ
Honorable mention this book made me want to get Cane Corso's and get them trained. Such good doggos. No one ever explained why they were only trained for the first floor though. Doesn't matter in the grand scheme I think it's just weird that they were only trained for that.
I loved this book. 4.5 β Only points taken off for those couple missteps in voice change.
This was so good. I may listen again some day soon.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Stalking and Alcohol
Minor: Death and Death of parent