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How to Survive a Horror Story by Mallory Arnold
2.0

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This was another case of interesting premise, shitty execution. Nothing happens for the first 25% except introductions. Then the plot becomes a mix of Saw and fucked up Charlie and the Chocolate factory. The rooms felt very samesy and lacked distinction, which was strange because the author loved using simile in the beginning to describe the characters. I wish the magical realism of a living, hungry, house had been expanded on and used more. I didn't like any of the characters, which was half the point, but the person we're meant to root for has no defining character growth or arc and the unreliable narrator bit was half baked. I was expecting more based on the synopsis.