A review by southernbibliomom
Home Is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose

emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

This book is a quick thriller that centers around three siblings (Beth, Nicole, and Michael), who have come together to lay their recently deceased mother to rest. While staying in their childhood home, they discover a videotape that seems to show their parents’ involvement with a town mystery. As they try to navigate what to do and how much their parents are responsible for, they also must learn whether they want to be a family again and to forgive the hurts. I liked the family aspect of it. It seemed real. How the hurts and frustrations would bubble up. How you would be reeling after the discovery they initially made, and then each discovery after. However, the twist is just not a twist. I don’t think I was 1/3 of the way in when I called it. In fact, it’s pretty obvious. And because I had figured it out so quickly, there were some boring parts of the book. It’s fine just not great.