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

4.0

I liked this and was sufficiently freaked out (I didn't really realize it was a horror novel until about half way in), but I was hoping for a bit more supernatural and a bit less psychoanalysis. Which it wasn't even really that, more Sarah getting stuck in her head too much (and lord knows I know enough about that myself). I actually identified quite a bit with Sarah - mostly the overthinking things to death, hating her own writing, seeing metaphors in everything. I like to think I've moved past that, so in the end it was in part a good cautionary tale for how bitter I could have become.