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

4.0

Very creepy! In the end, I wish it had been MORE scary, but I did love her writing and her "intertextuality", as post-modernists like to say. She is well aware of the genre and the ideas she's exploring. It's very Lovecraftian and she must have mentioned Lovecraft at least 5 times in it. It's also a very easy read, and really compelling. I read it in three days. All I wish for is a greater, more horrifying impact at the end (following true Lovecraftian tradition).