this was horrifying in such a deeply human way that i did actually dissociate after finishing the novel. read trigger warnings closely, learn from me !!
the writing voice is exquisite and what i most often lack in contemporary horror

the story is genuinely a sickening indictment of how white americans encroach on the safety of Black americans in such insidious ways. there is so much depth in this story, and it is steeped in both the interpersonal and real politics of the home/the private sphere/belonging, especially as dictated by social custom and systems of oppression
the narrator’s inner world is a bit reminiscent of akwaeke emezi to me, which i love, and i love that sarah gailey blurbed and beta read, because “just like home” was the other great haunted house novel i read this year
i want jordan peele to pick up movie rights, it will be the film of the century