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A review by caseythereader
Model Home by Rivers Solomon
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Thanks to FSG Books for the free copy of this book.
- Rivers Solomon brings their explorations of race and gender to the horror genre with MODEL HOME, and it is intensely chilling.
- It begins as a gothic tale of a perhaps-haunted house, and morphs into things ever larger and scarier as the book progresses.
- I particularly liked how the three Maxwell siblings all reacted to their childhood differently in how they lived as adults, and how they all remembered things slightly differently.
- Rivers Solomon brings their explorations of race and gender to the horror genre with MODEL HOME, and it is intensely chilling.
- It begins as a gothic tale of a perhaps-haunted house, and morphs into things ever larger and scarier as the book progresses.
- I particularly liked how the three Maxwell siblings all reacted to their childhood differently in how they lived as adults, and how they all remembered things slightly differently.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Grief, Death of parent, Classism