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3.29 AVERAGE
3.29 AVERAGE
An enticing thrilling folk horror novel perfect for fans of books like “Slewfoot,” and Annihilation.” Or movies like, “The Blair Witch Project,” and “The Ritual.” This story weaves back and forth from a present day expedition of five women to the 1600s when a group of desperate soldiers ran into the wood seeking safety from an enemy. The Moresby Wood is ancient, and locals whisper stories of its harrowing labyrinth through the centuries. Each party tries to navigate threw the deep maze of trees, of caves and rock, becoming more and more physically and psychologically desperate. With twists and turns as surprising and sharp as the infamous wood itself, “The Dark Between the Trees,” is not to be missed.
Alternatively this is a story about the terrors of academia and the manic that everyone from undergrads to post docs experience and the lengths they will go to, to get funding. Yippee!
Alternatively this is a story about the terrors of academia and the manic that everyone from undergrads to post docs experience and the lengths they will go to, to get funding. Yippee!
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:
Complicated
Annihilation by VanderMeer but make it folk horror.
This book had the pieces to be great, but unfortunately fell short of the mark. The plot was somewhat plodding, which could have been intentional given the "being stalked by an unknown predator" element. And that would have been fine, had it not been paired with a lack of resolution in the end. Cool idea for a book, though.
This book had the pieces to be great, but unfortunately fell short of the mark. The plot was somewhat plodding, which could have been intentional given the "being stalked by an unknown predator" element. And that would have been fine, had it not been paired with a lack of resolution in the end. Cool idea for a book, though.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Someone told me this book was The Descent meets Midsommer and I think that is just about the perfect description.
Creepy as heck, eerie and moody and just freaking weird- do NOT read this at a lonely cabin in the dark of winter.
Creepy as heck, eerie and moody and just freaking weird- do NOT read this at a lonely cabin in the dark of winter.
Suggesting a profound mythology, The Dark Between the Trees never really fulfills its promises in terms of explaining the supernatural phenomena described in its pages.
Author Fiona Barnett presents readers with great hikers-lost-in-haunted-forest fodder, but the action seems to continuously build and then plateau without any actual conflict or progress towards unraveling the mystery. Many of the characters who are attacked and die in the story do so away from the focus of the narrator, or while their companions are asleep, resulting in surreal descriptions that obscure the details of specific events. Other authors like Jeff VanderMeer and Adam Nevill manage these impressionistic sequences in their own work more elegantly, still conveying the meaning of the action while maintaining a dreamy tone. Any resemblance to Long's Descent, Matthew Lyons' Night Will Find Us or Coates' Hunted soon fades as the story draws to a close without so much as substantial speculation about the nature of the phenomena. Personality is established only in a cursory way, with very little emotional investment possible for any character as the focus jumps around and new characters are introduced late in the narrative. For a more satisfying version of the same idea, readers should try Michaelbrent Collings' The Forest.
Thanks to NetGalley and Rebellion Publishing for the ARC.
Author Fiona Barnett presents readers with great hikers-lost-in-haunted-forest fodder, but the action seems to continuously build and then plateau without any actual conflict or progress towards unraveling the mystery. Many of the characters who are attacked and die in the story do so away from the focus of the narrator, or while their companions are asleep, resulting in surreal descriptions that obscure the details of specific events. Other authors like Jeff VanderMeer and Adam Nevill manage these impressionistic sequences in their own work more elegantly, still conveying the meaning of the action while maintaining a dreamy tone. Any resemblance to Long's Descent, Matthew Lyons' Night Will Find Us or Coates' Hunted soon fades as the story draws to a close without so much as substantial speculation about the nature of the phenomena. Personality is established only in a cursory way, with very little emotional investment possible for any character as the focus jumps around and new characters are introduced late in the narrative. For a more satisfying version of the same idea, readers should try Michaelbrent Collings' The Forest.
Thanks to NetGalley and Rebellion Publishing for the ARC.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I feel bad about leaving such a poor review on an author's debut, but this book was just so disappointing. We are essentially following characters as the walk around a forest for 300 pages only for us to find out that the dark they feared is pretty much exactly what they said it was in the beginning. The supposed twist falls completely flat, and then the book just basically ends.
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Thanks to NetGalley and the author for allowing me to read this as an ARC!
I was really looking forward to this book but it just never got to where I hoped it would go. Too opened ended and too many left over questions at the end for me. I also am not sure I would consider this in the horror section, but maybe that's just me.
I was really looking forward to this book but it just never got to where I hoped it would go. Too opened ended and too many left over questions at the end for me. I also am not sure I would consider this in the horror section, but maybe that's just me.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced