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Little Sister Death by William Gay
5.0
“Binder, in his youth, had always been interested in the supernatural, had felt some deep and nameless affinity for the questions that did not have any answers.”
Little Sister Death by William Gay is about a successful writer who is suffering from writers block and so decides to write about a tale of a haunting which he remember from his childhood. He takes his wife and child and moves into Beale Farm which is renowned for unexplainable events and sightings for many years. As he stays there he begins to experience the haunts that await him.
Reading this book after The Haunting Of Hill House was perfectly timed. The premise is similar in that our protagonist David Binder is drawn to a famous place which has been plagued by the supernatural for decades. His perception of what he is experiencing is written in a very unsettling way. The inspiration of this story is taken from the 19th century Bell witch haunting in Tennessee.
I loved the writing in this story. Being my first read by William Gay I was new to how he structured his novels and in this one it is done cleverly which in turn elevates the horror in the book. In my edition there is an introduction to the life of William Gay which is an excellent insight into the late author’s method to his writing.
This was definitely a surprising and disturbing read. If you liked Hill House then you should also give this one a try.
Little Sister Death by William Gay is about a successful writer who is suffering from writers block and so decides to write about a tale of a haunting which he remember from his childhood. He takes his wife and child and moves into Beale Farm which is renowned for unexplainable events and sightings for many years. As he stays there he begins to experience the haunts that await him.
Reading this book after The Haunting Of Hill House was perfectly timed. The premise is similar in that our protagonist David Binder is drawn to a famous place which has been plagued by the supernatural for decades. His perception of what he is experiencing is written in a very unsettling way. The inspiration of this story is taken from the 19th century Bell witch haunting in Tennessee.
I loved the writing in this story. Being my first read by William Gay I was new to how he structured his novels and in this one it is done cleverly which in turn elevates the horror in the book. In my edition there is an introduction to the life of William Gay which is an excellent insight into the late author’s method to his writing.
This was definitely a surprising and disturbing read. If you liked Hill House then you should also give this one a try.