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A review by franalibi
The Discomfort of Evening by Lucas Rijneveld
4.0
**TW: DEATH**
I’ve never read a darker book than this. This book is a dark psychological story that follows ten year old Jas and her endless curiosity with death and abandonment.
It all starts with a family tragedy that sets on a spiralling chain of questioning morals, the power of death and potential resurrection and depression. Jas and her family experience death, but Jas and her siblings (as well as her parents in some ways) inflict death themselves - or increasingly think about it.
An interesting plot as they are religious and go to church every Sunday - and her father likes to quote from the bible. You could argue that the question of death is about being able to take that power from God and and control life yourself, or whether God brings upon events himself. That Jas calls “a plague” on the family.
The ending is pretty shocking and I can strongly see this book turned into a film adaption that would mess with my mind. Just reading it made me uncomfortable in parts but I couldn’t stop as the writing is seamless and Jas’ voice and opinions are nothing like I’ve read before.
If you love horror, dark fiction and psychological thrillers. As well as themes of death and moral, then do read this!
I’ve never read a darker book than this. This book is a dark psychological story that follows ten year old Jas and her endless curiosity with death and abandonment.
It all starts with a family tragedy that sets on a spiralling chain of questioning morals, the power of death and potential resurrection and depression. Jas and her family experience death, but Jas and her siblings (as well as her parents in some ways) inflict death themselves - or increasingly think about it.
An interesting plot as they are religious and go to church every Sunday - and her father likes to quote from the bible. You could argue that the question of death is about being able to take that power from God and and control life yourself, or whether God brings upon events himself. That Jas calls “a plague” on the family.
The ending is pretty shocking and I can strongly see this book turned into a film adaption that would mess with my mind. Just reading it made me uncomfortable in parts but I couldn’t stop as the writing is seamless and Jas’ voice and opinions are nothing like I’ve read before.
If you love horror, dark fiction and psychological thrillers. As well as themes of death and moral, then do read this!