A review by flat_castle
The Red Tree by Caitlín R. Kiernan

5.0

When I first started this book, the "editor's preface" had me a bit disappointed - at first read it seemed to set the novel up for a House of Leaves type affair with the footnotes and although I love that book, I don't really want to see it imitated. However, it was apparent right away that this wasn't really the case with The Red Tree. Told in journal entries, narrator Sarah has a clear voice that keeps you interested. The novel manages to capture feelings I remember having as a kid, seeing the great tree in our front yard something different and not quite right in the night; the fear of the dark that sometimes a person has reserved for the unknown of a dark basement.