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A review by merricatct
Gretel and the Dark by Eliza Granville
4.0
I'd rate this 4.5 stars if I could, but I'll round down for consistency's sake. I loved this book. It was dark, disturbing, and gorgeous. It's not a retelling of Hansel and Gretel, or any specific fairytale, but fairytales make up the heart and soul of the story. There are no Disney fairy tales here - the stories this book draws on are the old, stern, often terrifying stories that teach us what waits outside and underneath.
I thought there'd be more of a twist at the end, but this isn't a book that relies on twists or surprises. Instead, it's more of a small moment of epiphany that caps an already beautiful novel. But it's an unsettling beauty - I literally had nightmares during the two nights it took me to read this. As Greet's stories infected Krysta's perception of the world, this book has infected me, if only for a short time.
I thought there'd be more of a twist at the end, but this isn't a book that relies on twists or surprises. Instead, it's more of a small moment of epiphany that caps an already beautiful novel. But it's an unsettling beauty - I literally had nightmares during the two nights it took me to read this. As Greet's stories infected Krysta's perception of the world, this book has infected me, if only for a short time.