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A review by bookishvicky
Suburban Hell by Maureen Kilmer
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
I really wanted to like this book, but it felt too much like trying to be SOUTHERN BOOK CLUB’S GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES with the dial turned up. Way too many minute details, slow pacing, characters that didn’t leave an impact, and too many tropes for this to be scary (the child predicting the demon, exorcisms, etc.)
I also thought we barely saw any horror or the demon itself, as the plot flipped flopped on “we gotta expel this demon” to “troubles of a suburban housewife”. I do like the message it was trying to send about the importance of community and friendship among mothers and women in general nowadays, but it just fell flat for me.
I also thought we barely saw any horror or the demon itself, as the plot flipped flopped on “we gotta expel this demon” to “troubles of a suburban housewife”. I do like the message it was trying to send about the importance of community and friendship among mothers and women in general nowadays, but it just fell flat for me.