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Grey Dog

Elliott Gish

3.86 AVERAGE

nadiarausa's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was intriguing. There is definitely a slow burn aspect to it that was a bit too slow in the beginning, but the buildup is worth it. I do wish the horror aspects started earlier—I felt it was a little too lacking in the horror realm for the first third of the book. I want to know what happens after the book ends, but it makes sense the way it was written considering

you probably wouldn’t finish a diary if you’ve gone away to live (or die?) in the woods with your monster lover

. Loved the various mysteries in the book, and enjoyed the direction things went in.

Content Warnings

calicomutt's review

5.0

God I love feral, womanly rage and dog imagery

novellearts's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

3.5 stars

This was a good read, but wasn't exactly what I was looking for at the time. It took a long while for the horror elements of this book to start developing for me. It felt more like a contemporary book for a while.

I did appreciate the sapphic aspect to this book and highlights on women's issues. I honestly wasn't expecting to get that from this read.

It was an extremely slow-burn horror book though. If you're looking for a horror novel from start to finish, then this probably isn't what you're looking for. But even so, I think this book had a lot of great qualities even if it didn't immediately satisfy my desire for immediate horror.

Content Warnings

kmmi_booklover's review against another edition

3.5

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

delinquent_wizard's review

3.0

dark sad tense slow-paced

murrblet's review

4.0

Technically I would give this a 3.5. I find the diary entry format to be quite compelling, but in the end I don't know how I felt about the spookiness. I get it. I guess I just wanted the comfort of something tangible to be afraid of, rather than the existential dread of millenia of patriarchy and sexism.