Forces readers to think deeper about mental health, abuse and the concept of family. It’s not your typical haunted house story, but those interested in the horrors and traumas of contemporary life will devour this twisty supernatural horror.
Solomon is too narrowly focused on reiterating the depth and 'inevitability' of pain to make good on this propulsive setup ... The reader can allow only so much ornamentation before the actual suffering loses resonance ... Solomon, like Ezri, has let fatalism get the better of them, the gravity of their subject matter luring them to write an overwrought cautionary parable. The character at the center gets lost in the ambition.
Solomon’s genre-defying achievement subverts and reclaims the tropes of the gothic haunted house to create something wholly original and unforgettable.
