Haunt Sweet Home
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Average rating3.5
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Ratings2
Average rating3.5
On the set of a kitschy reality TV show, staged scares transform into unnerving reality in this spooky ghost story from multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Sarah Pinsker.
“Don’t talk to day about what we do at night.”
When aimless twenty-something Mara lands a job as the night-shift production assistant on her cousin’s ghost hunting/home makeover reality TV show Haunt Sweet Home, she quickly determines her new role will require a healthy attitude toward duplicity. But as she hides fog machines in the woods and improvises scares to spook new homeowners, a series of unnerving incidents on set and a creepy new coworker force Mara to confront whether the person she's truly been deceiving and hiding from all along—is herself.
Eerie and empathetic, Haunt Sweet Home is a multifaceted, supernatural exploration of finding your own way into adulthood, and into yourself.
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This novella was one I was really looking forward to, based on the premise - but it wasn't what I expected, and I found myself a little disappointed by that towards the middle...but I feel like the whole thing wrapped up in a way that left me feeling good about it again. It won't be my favorite read of the year, but I would easily recommend it to someone else - just don't expect a super spooky, unsolved mysteries style scary story. :) Be pleasantly surprised.
This was definitely not what I expected!
Went into this completely blind as it was my cover pick for @wickedreading's horror bingo and hard mode includes not knowing the synopsis. So I wasn't expecting reality TV or any of this.
Overall it was a nice read. Nothing out of the ordinary (caught the "twist" pretty much right away) but I liked the humour and wit in it. Was also listening to it as an audiobook and really enjoyed the "full cast" of the transcript parts.
Question is does this count as a haunted house story or not... 🤔
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