DNF at 54%


I have absolutely no desire to read anymore of this book, which is a shame because I was really excited for this one. I don’t really know if there was anything “bad” about Just Like Home. I did think the writing was quite lovely, and the audiobook narrator was very good, but I just couldn’t really find myself to care about anything that was happening. This book is marketed as a haunted house story, and while it is that, it’s much more literary in storytelling than the fast-paced horror/thriller story I thought I was going to get. The book is also heavily focused on our heroine, Vera—who I feel very lukewarm about as a character—and her complex relationship with her mother and father. I enjoyed those aspects, but when they started taking away from the haunted house storyline, I just quickly lost interest.

I don’t think this book is bad at all, I just thought I was getting something else than what’s inside. It’s not really the books fault, more a me thing. So, take this review with a grain of salt. Despite me not enjoying this one, I will definitely try from Sarah Gailey in the future. Their writing is quite nice, and their other books sound great (with better ratings than Just Like Home.)