Review: A House With Good Bones

A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher
RATING: 1.5 STARS
DNF: 63%
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Based on the ratings, I may be one of the few that had a terrible time reading this. “A House With Good Bones” was a bore and once I reached the halfway mark, I just couldn’t find it in myself to finish the remainder.

The synopsis checked off everything I enjoy in a suspense/horror novel. Like who doesn’t like to read about haunted houses, possible ghosts/demons and with creepy vultures thrown in? Nonetheless, the pacing was too slow and the passages seemed drawn out. Maybe it was just me but a whole lot of nothing happened beside the small photo capture of a hand after the 60% that literally did nothing for me. I quickly dropped the novel after that.

Additionally the characters were bland AF. Sam, the main character, of the novel had a very interesting background, but personality-wise, very one-dimensional. The grandmother, mother, and gardener had more depth and caught my interest.

I can’t pinpoint if I am being affected by the reading slump or I am being picky, but this doesn’t live up to the hype but considering how the author is a fan favorite, I may go back to read other works to see if it’s really me or this novel in general.