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synthezoiid's review against another edition
2.0
300 pages for anything to happen, and all of the things that DID happen were very easily foreseen by the reader by page 100. also has that whole weird 70s misogyny of "women are way more powerful than man because men are too stupid to understand them, mother goddess mother goddess fertility birth" class of philosophy, which very much annoys me. was hype about this book going in, and extremely ready for it to be over by the end.
mostlyreadinghorror's review against another edition
4.0
ʜᴀʀᴠᴇꜱᴛ ʜᴏᴍᴇ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴏᴍᴀꜱ ᴛʀʏᴏɴ ɪꜱ ᴀ ꜱʟᴏᴡ ʙᴜʀɴ ꜱɪᴢᴢʟɪɴɢ ᴡɪᴛʜ ꜱᴍᴀʟʟ ᴛᴏᴡɴ ɪɴꜱɪᴅɪᴏᴜꜱ ɪɴʜᴀʙɪᴛᴀɴᴛꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʙɪᴢᴀʀʀᴇ ᴄᴜꜱᴛᴏᴍꜱ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴀ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴀᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀɴ ꜰᴏʟᴋ ʜᴏʀʀᴏʀ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ꜰᴜʀᴛʜᴇʀ ᴄᴇᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ ᴡʜʏ ɪ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴᴀʟʟʏ ꜰɪɴᴅ ꜰᴏʟᴋ ʜᴏʀʀᴏʀ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴡᴀʏ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴜɴꜱᴇᴛᴛʟɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅɪꜱᴛᴜʀʙɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀɴ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰᴀᴄᴇ ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴏʀᴇ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴ, ᴘʀᴏʙᴀʙʟʏ ᴅᴏᴇꜱ
andrewmull2's review against another edition
3.0
If you can make it through the first 300 pages of corn, the last 100 pages of horror are pretty great. Thomas has great use of language throughout, which helps.
maritoad's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
smrw's review against another edition
5.0
Wow. I loved this book! It's a slow, creeping novel in which the horror element is insidiously wrought. An oldie but goodie! I can't believe I haven't come across this one before but I'm so pleased that I have.
trisha_thomas's review against another edition
2.0
“A woman always thinks it takes two to keep a secret, but I’m here to say I think it takes one.”
I wanted to love this one. For at least the first 200 pages, I was completely wrapped in the story: small town, a whole family relocated there, the eerie setting and the obsession with the corn. The writing was good, the family believable and I loved the slow build up of the mystery of what was going on. As Ned was confused, I was confused and completely focused on what he was.
But once the mystery started to unravel, I just wasn't as pulled in. Some of the situations near the end were awful - hard to read and I didn't think added to the story. The turn it took was not where I thought and it was a let down. I wish I'd loved it more.
I wanted to love this one. For at least the first 200 pages, I was completely wrapped in the story: small town, a whole family relocated there, the eerie setting and the obsession with the corn. The writing was good, the family believable and I loved the slow build up of the mystery of what was going on. As Ned was confused, I was confused and completely focused on what he was.
But once the mystery started to unravel, I just wasn't as pulled in. Some of the situations near the end were awful - hard to read and I didn't think added to the story. The turn it took was not where I thought and it was a let down. I wish I'd loved it more.
archergal's review against another edition
4.0
I remember (barely) when Tom Tryon was an actor. I'd always been a little curious about him as a novelist. I was curious about Harvest Home too, so when I saw it on Scribd, I figured I'd read it.
I thought it was creepy AF.
It's got a strong "women are kinda creepy and men should kinda watch out" theme going on. It's the whole corn/earth/fertility rites/sacrifice thing too, with the women as rite-keepers (if there's such a term.)
It starts out slow. The Constantine Family (Ned, Beth, and daughter Kate) are looking to get out of NYC. They find a little out of the way village that looks perfect. They find a house, think they're fitting in. Then harvest season comes around. It's seven years since the last Harvest King was chosen. The reign of the current Harvest King is coming to an end. Things are about to get weird.
The writing is a bit more lush and lavish than I expected. It's prettwy well-written, I think, except that Ned, the viewpoint character, is pretty much an idiot, especially as the story goes on.
I liked it. I kept thinking about it while I wasn't reading it, and was eager to get back to the story. That said, I didn't end up having anxiety dreams after reading it, so it's not TOO disturbing.
I thought it was creepy AF.
It's got a strong "women are kinda creepy and men should kinda watch out" theme going on. It's the whole corn/earth/fertility rites/sacrifice thing too, with the women as rite-keepers (if there's such a term.)
It starts out slow. The Constantine Family (Ned, Beth, and daughter Kate) are looking to get out of NYC. They find a little out of the way village that looks perfect. They find a house, think they're fitting in. Then harvest season comes around. It's seven years since the last Harvest King was chosen. The reign of the current Harvest King is coming to an end. Things are about to get weird.
The writing is a bit more lush and lavish than I expected. It's prettwy well-written, I think, except that Ned, the viewpoint character, is pretty much an idiot, especially as the story goes on.
I liked it. I kept thinking about it while I wasn't reading it, and was eager to get back to the story. That said, I didn't end up having anxiety dreams after reading it, so it's not TOO disturbing.