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And the Trees Crept In
by Dawn Kurtagich
I absolutely devoured Dawn's first novel, The Dead House, and was ecstatic when I found out she was publishing a new novel. Dawn has the ability to get inside your head and truly freak you out. And not the kind of freak out where you hide under the covers from the monsters, but where you question everything.
And the Trees Crept In starts out normal enough, but slowly take on a turn for what the fuck is happening?! Silla and her young sister Nori escape their abusive father by traveling to their aunt's house in the middle of the woods. At first, everything is great. They're safe, fed, loved. Then one day their aunt goes up to the attic and never comes back down. They can hear her moving around up there, doing who knows what, but she never descends back down.
It's then up to Silla to keep herself and her sister alive, but it becomes harder with each passing day. Food is running out, the land is dying, and the trees are getting closer. Just when things seem beyond helpless, Gowan mysteriously appears from the woods - with food. Nori automatically takes to him, but Silla is (naturally) wary.
The narrative of And the Trees Crept In is beyond excellent. Not only is Silly possibly descending into madness, but we are along with her. She's your quintessential unreliable narrator - or is she? Are the trees actually getting closer? Is there a voice coming from the basement through the floorboards? Is her sister playing with the Creeper Man?
When it comes to this novel, there are two reading styles: You pick it up and you don't put it down because Dawn doesn't let up or you pick it up and you put it down every once in a while because holy creepy. I am in the former group, but a good friend of mine is in the latter. I couldn't get enough of Silla's narrative and Dawn's writing. He, on the other hand, needed to break every now and then because the trees around his house started creeping in.
If you are looking for the perfect psychological thriller with the right about of creeps and creaks, you do not want to pass up And the Trees Crept In. Dawn quickly became an auto-buy author for me and I cannot wait to see what she comes up with next!
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And the Trees Crept In starts out normal enough, but slowly take on a turn for what the fuck is happening?! Silla and her young sister Nori escape their abusive father by traveling to their aunt's house in the middle of the woods. At first, everything is great. They're safe, fed, loved. Then one day their aunt goes up to the attic and never comes back down. They can hear her moving around up there, doing who knows what, but she never descends back down.
It's then up to Silla to keep herself and her sister alive, but it becomes harder with each passing day. Food is running out, the land is dying, and the trees are getting closer. Just when things seem beyond helpless, Gowan mysteriously appears from the woods - with food. Nori automatically takes to him, but Silla is (naturally) wary.
The narrative of And the Trees Crept In is beyond excellent. Not only is Silly possibly descending into madness, but we are along with her. She's your quintessential unreliable narrator - or is she? Are the trees actually getting closer? Is there a voice coming from the basement through the floorboards? Is her sister playing with the Creeper Man?
When it comes to this novel, there are two reading styles: You pick it up and you don't put it down because Dawn doesn't let up or you pick it up and you put it down every once in a while because holy creepy. I am in the former group, but a good friend of mine is in the latter. I couldn't get enough of Silla's narrative and Dawn's writing. He, on the other hand, needed to break every now and then because the trees around his house started creeping in.
If you are looking for the perfect psychological thriller with the right about of creeps and creaks, you do not want to pass up And the Trees Crept In. Dawn quickly became an auto-buy author for me and I cannot wait to see what she comes up with next!
Read this review and more at Bookish Lifestyle