DNF at 10%, though I skipped around after that to see if anything else grabbed me.

Ebook ARC from NetGalley.

The basic idea of this book sounded interesting: a house suddenly appears, then spooky things happen. Great!

It moves VERY. SLOWLY. There is A LOT of dialogue, and about 10% of it is funny or interesting or actually adds to the story. The way the characters speak is not natural and seems very stilted and just not... right.

There's some great scene setting in this book, but no mood/tone setting. A lot of similies and metaphors and "___ as if ___," but all seemed to serve no purpose other than to merely describe surroundings. A lot of words are used to convey nothing other than physical objects or people that were present in the room.

This book moves incredibly slowly. At 10%, I've met 4 characters with achingly menial interactions and they've gotten into a car together. I was bored.

I skipped ahead to see if anything else had happened and at about 40%, I came across a many-page stretch of back-and-forth dialogue, nome of which seemed like these 2 characters were even mildly acquainted (so awkward).

No thanks, not for me.

I enjoyed this very much. It was well written. Pacy. Good characterisation.

What do you do when a house falls from the sky? Apparently you want to go inside and this house is not heavenly, believe me!

Spooky, atmospheric, a real page turner!
Definitely one to get!

This book is, in my opinion, more scifi than horror, sometimes difficult to follow, but still hard to put down. The writing style is very good..

(I was given an advanced e-ARC on Netgalley for an honest review)

"Our very own Hill House right smack-dab in the middle of the city."

This is one house of ungodly horrors no one would ever wish to enter, not even those with a passion for jump scares and love for those creepy, unnatural creatures that would send any sane person running. "The House that Fell from the Sky" takes the topper for the most wickedly terrifying and deranged haunted house of horrors!

The story follows four friends whose lives didn't turn out the way they hoped, leaving them stuck and hopeless for a better future. Hannah, who's shut herself up in her family home as she loses herself to grief over the loss of her mother. Tommy, a man destined for an amazing sports career until an accident that changes his life. Jackson, a failure in the eyes of his father for not taking a "successful" path in life. And finally, Scarlett, who struggles from a recent breakup and a lack of creativity as the most popular horror reviewer on YouTube.

When a house falls from the sky, it gains immediate popularity worldwide. Hannah becomes one of many who becomes obsessed with where the house came from and why it's there. She begins to convince herself it holds the key to reuniting her with her mother and whether there is life after death. When Hannah jumps on the first chance to get inside the house, her friends follow, because no one ever lets their friend enter a spooky and potentially life-threatening house alone.

This is a story guaranteed to have readers on edge, gritting their teeth through one ghastly horror after another as the four friends journey inside a house they may not come out of. Delaney is superb with his creation of equally entertaining, witty, and complex characters who are all having a rough go at life whom readers will be able to connect with. While most horror stories lack a pliable reason for characters doing the insane and setting themselves up for an event they may not live through, Delaney's characters are so uniquely their own that their decision to enter a house that unsettles them all seems completely rationable.

The house itself is a wonderful, enticing mix of supernatural and psychological horror that makes it clear this is not the kind of house anyone should mess with. I'd love to say more, but this is definitely a novel where the reader has to enter the house themselves.