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Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon

8 reviews

corsanglais's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

4.0

Thoroughly enjoyed it, don't know if I can recommend it due to subject matter, don't know if I will ever read it again.

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punkyjewster's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

I wanted to love this so badly. It was recommended to me because Midsommar is one of my favorite movies, and I was looking for similar folk horror.

The first 300 pages are not horror in the slightest. I didn’t love the main character but some of the side characters (like The Widow) were enough to keep me interested. It was a slog to get through, but I was hoping for payoff.

The end of the book is atrocious. If you picked up on the author’s misogynistic undertones in the beginning of the book, you win! You get several pages of a

GRAPHIC SA perpetrated by the narrator for revenge, and somehow all the people in the town just… don’t really care that much???

. The ending was so easy to see coming, and it was evident through his language that he really wanted to portray all of his female characters as conniving and evil.

Again, I REALLY wanted to love this book. Horror about an isolated group of people who welcome outsiders and end up being terrifying? One of my favorite sub-genres. But my goodness, this felt like a waste of time with no payoff.

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bozzi1's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced

3.5

I reallyI really don’t know how to rate this book or how to write a review.

A lot of reviews mention that it’s a slow burn. That’s true, though I don’t count that as a negative. I thought Tryon did a good job of making Cornwall Combe feel like its own character. It reminded me a bit of The Auctioneer with the small town vibes but you know something’s wrong beneath the surface.

Things started to amp up and I was even more intrigued. Then came chapter 25 and I was just…I don’t even know what to say. It wasn’t the worst thing I’ve read; I could even call it laughable, but it was so unexpected and took me completely out of the wonderful vibe the book had going. The direction from there was on the ridiculous side although I still liked parts of it. I saw the end coming a mile away but that didn’t take away my enjoyment.

Is this a book anti-women? Is it an attempt at empowering women? I don’t think achieved either successfully, if one or the other was even a goal, but it was certainly a distraction from the horror which is my main complaint.

Ned is one of the dumbest characters I’ve read. His lack of basic intelligence was almost as annoying as most of what he said and did. Almost. He knew something was wrong with his wife-she should put on lipstick. He had some real bizarre feelings on love, hate, and attempted murder. But despite all that, the character I wanted to scream at the most (excluding chapter 25) was Robert! Help a dude out Robert, c’mon man!

Anyway, do with all that what you will. This book has some great stuff, some weird stuff, and some really unnecessary stuff and it all mixed together to leave me feeling…confused🤷🏻‍♀️ I didn’t hate it. Liked it more than The Other for sure, but also kinda wish I hadn’t read it. Honestly if we exclude chapter 25 it’s probably an easy 4 stars but it’s there so I’m back to where I started. I don’t know. don’t know how to rate this book or how to write a review.

A lot of reviews mention that it’s a slow burn. That’s true, though I don’t count that as a negative. I thought Tryon did a good job of making Cornwall Combe feel like its own character. It reminded me a bit of The Auctioneer with the small town vibes but you know something’s wrong beneath the surface.

Things started to amp up and I was even more intrigued. Then came chapter 25 and I was just…I don’t even know what to say. It wasn’t the worst thing I’ve read; I could even call it laughable, but it was so unexpected and took me completely out of the wonderful vibe the book had going. The direction from there was on the ridiculous side although I still liked parts of it. I saw the end coming a mile away but that didn’t take away my enjoyment.

Is this a book anti-women? Is it an attempt at empowering women? I don’t think achieved either successfully, if one or the other was even a goal, but it was certainly a distraction from the horror which is my main complaint.

Ned is one of rhetorical dumbest characters I’ve read. His lack of basic intelligence was almost as annoying as most of what he said and did. Almost. He knew something was wrong with his wife-she should put on lipstick. He had some real bizarre feelings on love, hate, and attempted murder. But despite all that the character I wanted to scream at the most (excluding chapter 25) was Robert! Help a dude out Robert, c’mon man!

Anyway, do with all that what you will. This book has some great stuff, some weird stuff, and some really unnecessary stuff and it all mixed together to leave me feeling…confused🤷🏻‍♀️ I didn’t hate it. Liked it more than The Other for sure, but also kinda wish I hadn’t read it. Honestly if we exclude chapter 25 it’s probably an easy 4 stars but it’s there so I’m back to where I started. I don’t know.

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angel_kiiss's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

It’s actually pretty fantastic and quiet a page turner. It’s sold on being scary with lots of horror elements but is closer to a investigation of cults then it is to a horror story. The funny part is that this is like a precursor to Midsommar, but the “horror” readers are supposed to feel comes from the power of women dominating men and men being the victims. It’s Midsommar except from the boyfriend’s perspective.

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