House of Cotton
Monica Brashears
Literary Fiction / Horror
House of Cotton
by Monica Brashears
—· 296 p
NPR Best Book Of 2023hauntingdarkmysterioustense
Overview
About
FINALIST for the 2024 NYPL Young Lions Fiction Award • NPR BEST BOOK OF 2023 • An enchanting Black Southern gothic debut, perfect for readers of Mexican Gothic... "Fresh, haunting...In her roller-coaster ride of a gothic debut novel, Monica Brashears upends expectations at every turn." —The New York Times “Every page, every scene, every sentence of Monica Brashears’s debut novel House of Cotton dazzles and surprises. An intense, enthralling, and deeply satisfying read!” —Deesha Philyaw, author o…
Pages
296
Flatiron Books
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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Reader feel
Southern Gothic Atmosphere10
Prose8
Emotional depth8
Narration8
Plot twists8
Class And Labor Anxiety8
Worldbuilding7
Pacing7
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