Just Like Home
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Just Like Home is a darkly gothic thriller from nationally bestselling author Sarah Gailey, perfect for fans of Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House as well as HBO's true crime masterpiece I'll Be Gone in the Dark.
"Come home." Vera's mother called and Vera obeyed. In spite of their long estrangement, in spite of the memories -- she's come back to the home of a serial killer. Back to face the love she had for her father and the bodies he buried there, beneath the house he'd built for his family. Coming home is hard enough for Vera, and to make things worse, she and her mother aren't alone. A parasitic artist has moved into the guest house out back and is slowly stripping Vera's childhood for spare parts. He insists that he isn't the one leaving notes around the house in her father's handwriting... but who else could it possibly be? There are secrets yet undiscovered in the foundations of the notorious Crowder House. Vera must face them and find out for herself just how deep the rot goes.Show more
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This book started off interestingly enough. It’s about a woman who goes back to her childhood home where her mother is very sickly, and she’s come to take care of her and the house after she passes. But the backstory plot twist is that her dad was a serial killer during her childhood. The book takes place years later when the main character is in her 20s, but has a lot of flashbacks to her childhood throughout the book. It’s fairly slow paced boo...read more
dang this book got to me. I haven't slept well in nights because of it! Really creepy and kept me on my toes wanting to know more. 4 stars bc some things didn't make complete sense at the end.
Fucking no notes. This book is unhinged. It manages to take a tired and a bit… silly concept and make it visceral. Stunning. Vera comes home—to the house her father made and needs to figure out if her mother is her only problem. This is a story about abuse and darkness and love in a very beautiful and victorious way. Love that consumes. Love that is so strong that it mutates. Man, Vera evolves and seems to come out of that basement—so fucking ali...read more
Seldom have I read a book this good. The beginning is so unassuming. A woman goes back to the house she grew up in because her mother is on her deathbed and she just so happens to be the daughter of a renowned serial killer. Seems so generic at first but already during Vera's first night back home the twists and turns start and never seem to stop. My heart was pounding through every flashback into Vera's childhood and the end was so surprising. I...read more
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