This Cursed House by Del SandeenMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This was heavy reading in many ways.
So much emotion, discomfort and horrors to face but it was so well done.
This Southern Gothic is everything you could hope for in a spooky book - New Orleans, old haunted mansion/plantation house, ghosts, and curses.
But none of that is the true horror in this novel.
The real horror is the lasting effects of slavery and racism and how they created generational trauma. The long lasting effects make people hate themselves for what they are and hate their own because they see in their family members what society has taught them to hate. These people are so filled with self-loathing they take that out on their loved ones.
Racism and societal standards created a family of monsters who do truly horrifying things.
I received an ARC from Netgalley.
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