Reviews

Slade House by David Mitchell

alecthelad's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

cazxxx's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

monkeyboystiff's review against another edition

3.0

Has some really cool bits in it but suffered from the same problem as Bone Clocks, even more so. Just lacked cohesion and a lot of info dumping

ediefitz's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

the_sunken_library's review against another edition

5.0

A disturbing and uncomfortable read with a spine-tingly satisfying end.

Slade House - a place you will be enticed too, tricked into consuming something that will trap you before being lured up to the attic where unspeakable horror awaits.

The story is told over 36 years but really it spans over 100. For horror fans.

alsri's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I didn’t realise this was a companion novella until right at the end where I was madly confused as to what it all meant. Up until then though I was enjoying the sprawling tale of victims and paranormal time warp.

The annoyance you feel as each new character falls for different flavours of the same tricks each section. A great array of different characters and up until the end where all the crossover came to head I was enjoying the world building. I knew I planned to read more by David Mitchell and now I guess Bone Clocks is first on my list.

I did enjoy the twist on the very last page though and hope it’ll be followed up in other stories.

maeliee's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

threegoodrats's review against another edition

4.0

My review is here.

punkrockingnerd's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I really should've read The Bone Clocks before this one, but other than that, we love a creepy house that has a thirst for blood

but what the h-e-double hockey stick was that last page? DAVID, EXPLAIN!!

classictaryn's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

4.0