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In the House in the Dark of the Woods
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Whoa, this was a tricksy book. I liked it, mostly.
It reads kinda like a fairy tale, but not a traditional one. It has a tiny bit of a folk horror feel to it.
A woman leaves her husband and son and goes into the woods, ostensibly to pick berries. She becomes lost, is rescued, runs away, is rescued and healed, wants to go home, maybe makes it, but it doesn't really make her happy. Things happen. There's some kind of succession going on with these strange women in the woods. It's almost a Maiden/Mother/Crone kind of thing. It's kinda feminist.
It's interesting and I liked it, but didn't love it. But try it. You may like it better than I. It's certainly not boring. A little dream-like, maybe.
It reads kinda like a fairy tale, but not a traditional one. It has a tiny bit of a folk horror feel to it.
A woman leaves her husband and son and goes into the woods, ostensibly to pick berries. She becomes lost, is rescued, runs away, is rescued and healed, wants to go home, maybe makes it, but it doesn't really make her happy. Things happen. There's some kind of succession going on with these strange women in the woods. It's almost a Maiden/Mother/Crone kind of thing. It's kinda feminist.
It's interesting and I liked it, but didn't love it. But try it. You may like it better than I. It's certainly not boring. A little dream-like, maybe.
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