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

4.0

Kiernan's other book, and the other side to the Drowning Girl coin. There are a lot of similarities between the books, or thematic opposites, and both are about women being driven to the edge (or over the edge) of madness. This text is also palimpsestuous, and Kiernan plays with form again to emphasize Sarah Crowe's state of mind. Ultimately the form, characterization, and layers upon layers of atmospheric quoting, referencing, and researching come together to craft a bleak psychological horror about one woman, one house, and one horrible, horrible old tree.