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A review by lee_readsbooks
House of Sighs by Aaron Dries
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
If there ever was an underrated book House Of Sighs is that book!
This book has me blown away by the sheer violence and brutality. It definitely isn't a read for the faint hearted.
I cringed, I smelled the death and my heart broke for the family members that would have to witness the repugnant gore that is Liz Frost.
Rural Australia 1995. Liz Frost takes the gun from her mouth and decides to live for another day. She says goodbye to her brother and starts her bus route as a bus driver. There are eight souls aboard the bus that day. Liz has decided to build a new family. The bus leaves a trail of carnage, gore and destruction before reaching its destination.
This was a reread for me and I had forgotten just how brutal and chaotic this story actually got. House Of Sighs is full of monsters that that you'd least expect.
Fast forward 23 years and a bar fight leaves Danny not only physically injured but with surreal flashbacks of a time in his life he'd rather forget. Throw in a trip to Thailand and Danny begins to spiral out of control.
As much as I enjoyed the sequel, it was very slow paced and I found myself losing patience wanting to get to the end.
The ending all happened so fast I couldn't believe I was at the last page and I was craving more of the horror which was The Sound Of His Bones Breaking.
This book has me blown away by the sheer violence and brutality. It definitely isn't a read for the faint hearted.
I cringed, I smelled the death and my heart broke for the family members that would have to witness the repugnant gore that is Liz Frost.
Rural Australia 1995. Liz Frost takes the gun from her mouth and decides to live for another day. She says goodbye to her brother and starts her bus route as a bus driver. There are eight souls aboard the bus that day. Liz has decided to build a new family. The bus leaves a trail of carnage, gore and destruction before reaching its destination.
This was a reread for me and I had forgotten just how brutal and chaotic this story actually got. House Of Sighs is full of monsters that that you'd least expect.
Fast forward 23 years and a bar fight leaves Danny not only physically injured but with surreal flashbacks of a time in his life he'd rather forget. Throw in a trip to Thailand and Danny begins to spiral out of control.
As much as I enjoyed the sequel, it was very slow paced and I found myself losing patience wanting to get to the end.
The ending all happened so fast I couldn't believe I was at the last page and I was craving more of the horror which was The Sound Of His Bones Breaking.