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House with Good Bones
House with Good Bones | T Kingfisher
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T. Kingfisher's A House With Good Bones is a contemporary Southern Gothic from a master of modern horror that explores the deep, dark roots of family and in which grandma's ghost haunting your house may be the least of your worries. In this ordinary North Carolina suburb, family secrets are always in bloom. Samantha Montgomery pulls into the driveway of her family home to find a massive black vulture perched on the mailbox, staring at the house. Inside, everything has changed. Gone is the eclectic warmth Sam expects; instead the walls are a sterile white. Now, it's very important to say grace before dinner, and her mother won't hear a word against Sam's long-dead and little-missed grandmother, who was the first to put down roots in this small southern town. The longer Sam stays, the stranger things get. And every day, more vultures circle overhead... "I was compelled to read the book in one breathless, white-knuckled sitting. Vultures, ladybugs, and underground children, oh my!--Paul Tremblay, author of The Pallbearers Club "Wickedly witty, intensely scary, and a thoroughly modern take on the Southern Gothic, about thorny family secrets that refuse to stay buried."--Rachel Harrison, author of Cackle Also by T. KingfisherNettle & BoneWhat Moves the Dead
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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I ♥️ that all the Kingfisher stories I‘ve read so far have female protagonists in their 30s. Sam is staying with her mother for an indefinite amount of time as her work project has been put on hiatus. She soon notices that her mother is acting strangely - & she‘s unsure if the changes are caused by dementia or if there is something more supernaturally sinister afoot.

I really enjoyed the mother/daughter dynamic & the vultures as watchers ♥️

batsy Oh, this sounds good! And creepy. 6mo
GondorGirl She is so good with unconventional heroines! My personal favorite is 6mo
thegirlwiththelibrarybag @GondorGirl, I loved that one too - I should amend my statement - they‘re not all over 30 😝🤔 6mo
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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This would 100% be my mum if we ever happened to find ourselves in this situation.

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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
House with Good Bones | T Kingfisher
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My curly hair has snapped brushes on more than one occasion. RELATABLE CONTENT

CBee YESSSS SAME 6mo
CarolynM 🤣 6mo
Rissreads Love that! Feisty hair! 🤣 6mo
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag
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Why is there no binoculars emoji? 🤡

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REPollock
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I was totally on board until the 80% mark, at which point the story took a turn that defied my suspension of disbelief so I bailed.

julesG It seems harsh, to bail that late in a book, but I've done it too. 8mo
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swynn
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(2023) Sam is an entomologist whose fieldwork job has just fallen through, so she moves in with her mother ... whose personality has inexplicably changed to become more like Sam's creepy, cruel, racist grandmother's. Things get weirder from there. The creepy bits are mixed with snarky humor and a generous helping of random facts about bugs and vultures. The result is a lot of fun. Also, yay vultures!

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CaitlinR
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Here‘s another book that has, as it‘s only fault, too few pages. Kingfisher has given us a thoroughly engaging ghost story. Our protagonist, Sam Montgomery (an archeoentomologist) has come home when a dig falls through. Her mom is acting decidedly strange, apparently appeasing her dead mother! Watchful vultures, swarming bugs, creepy roses, a witch at the end of the lane, and horrifying underground children combine for pure fun.

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Marmie7
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T. J. Klune and T. Kingfisher are my two auto buys.They both have new releases coming out soon and I've already pre-ordered!
"House in the Cerulean Sea" and "The Twisted Ones" are a couple of my favorites.
#SundayFunday @ozma.of.oz

CBee I also pre-ordered the new Klune and can‘t wait! The new Kingfisher looks good too - I enjoyed 13mo
BookmarkTavern Kingfisher has been on my TBR forever! I can‘t wait to get to her! Thank you for sharing! 13mo
Johanna414 Two of my favorite authors! 13mo
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underground_bks
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Southern gothic comes to the subdivision in this uncanny horror novel that reminds you the roots of the family tree run deep, dark, and twisted—and there‘s always more to dig up. This ran a bit on the slow side for me, but I did love the vulture representation, the fat, 30+ year old archaeoentomologist main character Samantha “Sam” Montgomery, the portrayal of generational trauma and survival mechanisms, and of course, “underground children!”

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