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A review by beloved_paperbacks
The Red Tree by Caitlín R. Kiernan
I’m so sad! I wanted to like this one so much, but I feel like I didn’t fully understand this one... There is also a lot to unpack with The Red Tree, so maybe things will click in a few days when I’ve had time to sit with it. But I do have some thoughts for now:
The good:
• I loved that our main character is a lesbian and also has a disability! I love seeing diversity in horror!
• The creepy scenes were so well written and stuck with me!
• I love stories with an unreliable narrator & Sarah’s character was the most dubious character I’ve ever read. It was fun trying to pick apart what was real!
The bad:
• My biggest complaint about The Red Tree is the parts with the manuscript that Sarah finds in the walls. The font that the manuscript was written in was so hard to read, it pulled me out of the story. I get why it was done like that but it was *infuriating* and took me forever to get through.
• There were SO many stories within the story. I appreciated it at first but after a while, I just wanted the story to get to the point.
Overall, I feel like I need to reread The Red Tree. I felt a little underwhelmed when the story was over. I don’t think it’s the author’s fault, I just think that I didn’t get everything out of it like I was hoping to. Maybe the audiobook will work better for me!
The good:
• I loved that our main character is a lesbian and also has a disability! I love seeing diversity in horror!
• The creepy scenes were so well written and stuck with me!
• I love stories with an unreliable narrator & Sarah’s character was the most dubious character I’ve ever read. It was fun trying to pick apart what was real!
The bad:
• My biggest complaint about The Red Tree is the parts with the manuscript that Sarah finds in the walls. The font that the manuscript was written in was so hard to read, it pulled me out of the story. I get why it was done like that but it was *infuriating* and took me forever to get through.
• There were SO many stories within the story. I appreciated it at first but after a while, I just wanted the story to get to the point.
Overall, I feel like I need to reread The Red Tree. I felt a little underwhelmed when the story was over. I don’t think it’s the author’s fault, I just think that I didn’t get everything out of it like I was hoping to. Maybe the audiobook will work better for me!