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A review by exorcismemily
House of Sighs by Aaron Dries
3.0
"She had nowhere to go. All roads led home."
I liked the concept of House of Sighs much more than the execution. The prologue immediately grabbed my attention, and this book has some great gory scenes. However, they were few and far between until the ending when everything is crammed together.
House of Sighs is set up like a slasher story with a ton of characters that you know are going to get picked off. This book spends way too much time focusing on the backgrounds of all the characters, and it was difficult to keep anyone straight. I was frustrated with it after a while - I was intrigued by the present day story, but it kept jumping around to a bunch of different people's pasts.
It got pretty far-fetched by the end, but there were still several entertaining scenes. This is definitely not a bad book, and clearly many readers enjoy it. I just struggled to connect with it. Thank you to Tracy for buddy reading with me!
I liked the concept of House of Sighs much more than the execution. The prologue immediately grabbed my attention, and this book has some great gory scenes. However, they were few and far between until the ending when everything is crammed together.
House of Sighs is set up like a slasher story with a ton of characters that you know are going to get picked off. This book spends way too much time focusing on the backgrounds of all the characters, and it was difficult to keep anyone straight. I was frustrated with it after a while - I was intrigued by the present day story, but it kept jumping around to a bunch of different people's pasts.
It got pretty far-fetched by the end, but there were still several entertaining scenes. This is definitely not a bad book, and clearly many readers enjoy it. I just struggled to connect with it. Thank you to Tracy for buddy reading with me!