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A review by kbweis
Rooms by Lauren Oliver
dark
funny
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
"This is how we grow: not up, but out, like trees — swelling to encompass all these stories, the promises and lies and bribes and habits."
This book is basically Monster House meets The Haunting of Hill House, and yet it was somehow still pretty dull and would've been better served as a novella. Even after spending 300 pages with these characters, they did not feel well-developed, and a lot of the story felt generally pointless. The credit I'm giving this book is for the fact that I enjoyed the ghosts' point of view, and liked that they each had a distinct voice. I wanna be real life best friends with Sandra and Alice.
This book is basically Monster House meets The Haunting of Hill House, and yet it was somehow still pretty dull and would've been better served as a novella. Even after spending 300 pages with these characters, they did not feel well-developed, and a lot of the story felt generally pointless. The credit I'm giving this book is for the fact that I enjoyed the ghosts' point of view, and liked that they each had a distinct voice. I wanna be real life best friends with Sandra and Alice.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt