Just Like Home
Readers rate it 3.5 (131 on Hardcover)
272 pages · Released Jul 19, 2022 · Tor Books
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Just Like Home is a dark gothic horror thriller centered on a woman returning to her serial-killer father's house. The book contains graphic descriptions of violence, murder, and its psychological aftermath, along with heavy themes of childhood abuse, family trauma, and moral corruption. This is adult horror fiction marketed to adult readers, not young people, despite some teen media coverage; it requires maturity to process the disturbing content responsibly.
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A Best Horror Novel of All Time (Cosmopolitan) • WINNER of the 2023 British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel • One of the Best Horror Novels of 2022 (Vulture, Paste, NPR, and Teen Vogue) • A Belletrist Book Club pick! Just Like Home is a darkly gothic thriller from bestselling author Sarah Gailey, perfect for fans o... A Best Horror Novel of All Time (Cosmopolitan) • WINNER of the 2023 British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel • One of the Best Horror Novels of 2022 (Vulture, Paste, NPR, and Teen Vogue) • A Belletrist Book Club pick! Just Like Home is a darkly gothic thriller from bestselling author Sarah Gailey, perfect for fans of The Haunting of Hill House as well as 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. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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- Fiction
- Unloveable Characters
- Not Diverse Characters
- Weak Character Development
- Character driven
- A mix driven
- Strong Character Development
- Diverse Characters
- dark
- mysterious
- tense
- emotional
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ISBN 9781250174703 · Tor Books