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Starling House

Alix E. Harrow

Start date: June 1, 2024

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Oct 15, 2024 Susan rated it really liked it

I went into Starling House completely blind and as always I'm so glad I did. It was a fun surprise that it was about a haunted house and it's October. I've been trying to read spookier books this year (stepping so far out of my comfort zone) I haven't read horror books or books I thought might scare me (I'm a wimp) but like this book I have been very surprised by how good the books I've picked up have been,

Opal and Jasper lost their mother when the car she was driving went into the river on a mi ...more

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Sep 28, 2023 Katrisa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I loved this book! I have read most of Harrow's books and this one has been my favorite. I loved the creepy atmosphere - it's a great haunted house story. Opal is a scrappy heroine with grit. What I liked best about the book though is how it is revealed through layers of tellings of the story of Starling House so it highlights how truth is varied and multiple perspectives add to getting closer to truth. A lovely book to be released on Halloween :) I listened to the audio version and the narrator ...more

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