408 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781951142247
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Tin House Books
Publication date: 12 January 2021
Description
"The House on Vesper Sands is a delicious book. Somehow it manages to do a hundred marvelous things at once: Funny, eerie, tender, haunting and unsettling, smokily atmospheric and fantastically enjoyable, it's a nineteenth-century supernatural pro...
Community Reviews Summary of 741 reviews
Moods
dark 75%
adventurous 32%
tense 26%
funny 12%
sad 12%
emotional 10%
challenging 8%
reflective 3%
hopeful 2%
lighthearted 1%
Pace
slow 44%
fast 3%
Plot- or character-driven?
Plot: 54% | A mix: 39% | Character: 6%Strong character development?
No: 50% | Yes: 27% | It's complicated: 19% | N/A: 1%Loveable characters?
Yes: 54% | No: 23% | It's complicated: 20%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 90% | Yes: 4% | It's complicated: 3% | N/A: 1%Flaws of characters a main focus?
No: 60% | Yes: 21% | It's complicated: 18%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Body horror, Suicide, MisogynyModerate
Death, Sexism, ViolenceMinor
Homophobia, Child death, Drug use
408 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781951142247
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Tin House Books
Publication date: 12 January 2021
Description
"The House on Vesper Sands is a delicious book. Somehow it manages to do a hundred marvelous things at once: Funny, eerie, tender, haunting and unsettling, smokily atmospheric and fantastically enjoyable, it's a nineteenth-century supernatural pro...
Community Reviews Summary of 741 reviews
Moods
dark 75%
adventurous 32%
tense 26%
funny 12%
sad 12%
emotional 10%
challenging 8%
reflective 3%
hopeful 2%
lighthearted 1%
Pace
slow 44%
fast 3%
Plot- or character-driven?
Plot: 54% | A mix: 39% | Character: 6%Strong character development?
No: 50% | Yes: 27% | It's complicated: 19% | N/A: 1%Loveable characters?
Yes: 54% | No: 23% | It's complicated: 20%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 90% | Yes: 4% | It's complicated: 3% | N/A: 1%Flaws of characters a main focus?
No: 60% | Yes: 21% | It's complicated: 18%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Body horror, Suicide, MisogynyModerate
Death, Sexism, ViolenceMinor
Homophobia, Child death, Drug use