Sick Houses

I saw this on NetGalley at the end of the last year and thought it would be a perfect fit to start the 2025 Year of Horror.

A great little journey through the house as a centre for the weird and spooky, whether that is just a normal person expanding their house as they desire or the abode of some of the most terrifying human beings. There are also explorations of some of the creepiest film and book houses where things definitely go bump in the night.

Written in a very accessible form this was such an enjoyable read, though there are quite a few spoilers in here for horror books and films, so beware when you start reading about a book that it may be spoiled in here.

This has added more books and films to my want to see/read list though and that’s always a good thing.

I really enjoyed how it took in both the factual and fictional creepiness of houses and took in the personal experience of spookiness, as we have to agree with Leila that there are always houses around that we just wouldn’t want to walk into in your neighbourhood.

A well thought out and executed look into the domestic side of horror that could have been a much larger book in my view.

I received this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.