![]() ![]() It does fall into the trappings of your stereotypical slasher story, but just because it has some familiar beats, that doesn’t mean the music is exactly the same. Don’t get me wrong - this book is diverse in all the best ways. You have the popular girl, the football player, the weird loner, the mysterious hot guy, and the LGBTQ best friend. There’s Someone Inside Your House reads very much like MTV’s Scream television series. It begs us to stick around to understand the reason these murders are taking place and we are too weak to resist the allure of that answer. ![]() The escalation in the carving up of the bodies is difficult to read and yet impossible to turn away from. We see what the murderer is doing, first from the victim’s point of view and then from the killer’s, but it isn’t until the end that we understand why. What’s fascinating about this book is that the identity of the killer takes a backseat to their motivation. ![]()
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