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A review by kimbofo
Beastings by Benjamin Myers
5.0
I have a penchant for stories told in strong, distinctive voices using sparse, pared-back prose and Benjamin Myer’s Beastings certainly ticks all those boxes.
This simple tale is essentially a chase novel in which a priest enlists the help of a poacher to pursue a young woman who’s stolen a baby. This cat-and-mouse game occurs on foot across the wild, weather-beaten landscapes of northern England across the space of a few days. And believe me when I say it’s real heart-in-mouth stuff for all of its 280 pages.
This book reads like a thriller but it also has all the elements of a Gothic horror story: dark woods, strange noises in the night, danger at every turn and a deranged man hellbent on finding his quarry dead or alive.
To read my review in full, please visit my blog.
This simple tale is essentially a chase novel in which a priest enlists the help of a poacher to pursue a young woman who’s stolen a baby. This cat-and-mouse game occurs on foot across the wild, weather-beaten landscapes of northern England across the space of a few days. And believe me when I say it’s real heart-in-mouth stuff for all of its 280 pages.
This book reads like a thriller but it also has all the elements of a Gothic horror story: dark woods, strange noises in the night, danger at every turn and a deranged man hellbent on finding his quarry dead or alive.
To read my review in full, please visit my blog.