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A review by teaandtales1
Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorne
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
๐๐พ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ป: Jennifer Marie Thorne
๐๐ต๐ธ๐ฝ: Anna is really not looking forward to a trip with her super dysfunctional family. Sure, the Italian countryside is beautiful, but when everyone in the family always blames Anna for things that go wrong, and they just happen to be renting a haunted Tuscan villa, it's shaping up to be a terrible vacation.
๐๐ช๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ผ: 324
๐๐ฎ๐ท๐ป๐ฎ: Horror, Haunted house
๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ: yes
๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ธ๐ญ: contemporary
๐๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ซ๐ธ๐ธ๐ด๐ผ ๐'๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ช๐พ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ป: first time reading her, but I already have Lute on my shelf to be read
๐๐ธ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ผ ๐ธ๐ฏ: Haunting of Hill House (both the book and the show), dysfunctional families, ghosts, possession, dark humor
๐ก๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐: โญโญโญโญโญ
I've been fortunate to have read many great books already this year, but I think this one might jump to being one of the best so far. This book tells the story of a centuries-old villa with a huge ghost problem, but it might be the most relatable horror book I've read in awhile.
Thorne does a great job creating a compelling, yet flawed protagonist in Anna, while also rounding out the story with Anna's awful family. I saw awful, because that's how they treat each other - especially Anna - and when shit starts going down at the villa, guess where all the finger pointing is going to be directed.
All that being said, I don't want to lose the horror in this review. This book is SCARY and had me peeking around corners on my way to bed last night.
I read this book in 2 sittings - it was entertaining, fast moving, terrifying, and also darkly funny. I'm ready to buy everything else Thorne has published.
๐๐ต๐ธ๐ฝ: Anna is really not looking forward to a trip with her super dysfunctional family. Sure, the Italian countryside is beautiful, but when everyone in the family always blames Anna for things that go wrong, and they just happen to be renting a haunted Tuscan villa, it's shaping up to be a terrible vacation.
๐๐ช๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ผ: 324
๐๐ฎ๐ท๐ป๐ฎ: Horror, Haunted house
๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ต ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ: yes
๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ธ๐ญ: contemporary
๐๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ซ๐ธ๐ธ๐ด๐ผ ๐'๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐ช๐พ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ธ๐ป: first time reading her, but I already have Lute on my shelf to be read
๐๐ธ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ผ ๐ธ๐ฏ: Haunting of Hill House (both the book and the show), dysfunctional families, ghosts, possession, dark humor
๐ก๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐: โญโญโญโญโญ
I've been fortunate to have read many great books already this year, but I think this one might jump to being one of the best so far. This book tells the story of a centuries-old villa with a huge ghost problem, but it might be the most relatable horror book I've read in awhile.
Thorne does a great job creating a compelling, yet flawed protagonist in Anna, while also rounding out the story with Anna's awful family. I saw awful, because that's how they treat each other - especially Anna - and when shit starts going down at the villa, guess where all the finger pointing is going to be directed.
All that being said, I don't want to lose the horror in this review. This book is SCARY and had me peeking around corners on my way to bed last night.
I read this book in 2 sittings - it was entertaining, fast moving, terrifying, and also darkly funny. I'm ready to buy everything else Thorne has published.