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A review by artemine
Model Home by Rivers Solomon
oof. what a read.
immediately one of those books that i will keep so, so close to my heart. there is always something so profoundly comforting/raw about being seen so clearly in places so dark, and in return seeing back. i'm sure this will be a very polarizing story, that many will not get (lucky!) and others will be horrified by. for me a lot of it felt like a revelation, like realizing there are words for these things and a way to tell them and the bravery to put them all together.
i don't have a lot of things to say about the book itself separated from my personal feelings on abuse, family, mental illness and queerness, as i think that is the book and carries it all lol but i will say it's a phenomenal addition to the haunted house trope, has so much more range (it also talks of religion, race, class, etc) than meets the eye and it is my favorite out of all the rivers solomon!
thank you netgalley and fsg for the e-arc, and endless thank you rivers solomon for the book itself!!
immediately one of those books that i will keep so, so close to my heart. there is always something so profoundly comforting/raw about being seen so clearly in places so dark, and in return seeing back. i'm sure this will be a very polarizing story, that many will not get (lucky!) and others will be horrified by. for me a lot of it felt like a revelation, like realizing there are words for these things and a way to tell them and the bravery to put them all together.
i don't have a lot of things to say about the book itself separated from my personal feelings on abuse, family, mental illness and queerness, as i think that is the book and carries it all lol but i will say it's a phenomenal addition to the haunted house trope, has so much more range (it also talks of religion, race, class, etc) than meets the eye and it is my favorite out of all the rivers solomon!
thank you netgalley and fsg for the e-arc, and endless thank you rivers solomon for the book itself!!