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jeanettebyrnes's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Atmospheric, gothic, and totally immersive, this book sent me into a frenzied obsession with bogs, easily the coolest of the four wetlands. The Haddesley family, centuries long custodians of a cranberry bog are left reeling when their reciprocal compact with the bog begins to fall apart, and they are forced to forge into entirely unknown territory. From cover to cover impossible to put down. Read if you want to vibe the hell out for 317 pages straight. "This place will not survive not changing. You will not survive it."
Content Warnings
Moderate: Pregnancy
beastlybrooke's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
jerichamacie's review
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
A true rural gothic, a family kept from society, born and bred to be keepers of a bog. As their father's health sharply declines, the Haddesley's children find there is something deeply wrong with the rites and rituals set forth to enact the oldest son as the new bog patriarch. The four individually unearth secrets left to rot under the bog's surface and search for a place in a newly uncertain landscape.
A grotesque and direct look into the battle between nature and nurture that will leave you uncertain of where the line between madness and truth is buried. The Haddesley's feral fight for their own humanity is sure to captivate. This is one of those books where I was never really sure where we were heading and at the end I was left in awe of Chronister's ability to craft such a bizarre but cohesive tale.
A grotesque and direct look into the battle between nature and nurture that will leave you uncertain of where the line between madness and truth is buried. The Haddesley's feral fight for their own humanity is sure to captivate. This is one of those books where I was never really sure where we were heading and at the end I was left in awe of Chronister's ability to craft such a bizarre but cohesive tale.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Sexual content
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Infertility, and Injury/Injury detail
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