The House at Midnight by Lucie Whitehouse
My rating: 4/5 cats
okay, i understand this one’s comparison to donna tartt. and i accept it. i really enjoyed this, even though it is about shitty people being shitty to each other in the name of friendship: sexual betrayal, emotional blackmail, financial expectations and passive-aggressive behavior galore! i thought the story was interesting and relatable—to a point…but the point where it gets novel-y rather than true life-y was at least interesting and fun. not fun like meadows and hopscotch, more “fun if you think medea or italian operas are fun.” fun where everyone is sad. and complicated. i would definitely recommend it and could stand to read more by her in the future. the first near-five-stars cats in a long time.
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