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Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce
4.0
"If enough people start telling you you're a witch, then sooner or later you're going to start believing it."
It's the summer of 1989 when new child psychologist Mina has her life upended. While attending a bereavement group to mourn the loss of her late brother, Mina meets a journalist names Sam. He tells her about a girl named Alice who's believed by everyone in her remote village to be haunted by a witch. Mina and Sam both see Alice as a way to move forward in their careers, so they journey to Banathel to determine what's truly haunting this girl.
SOMETHING IN THE WALLS by Daisy Pearce is a haunting gothic horror that really studies adolescence and "misbehavior" in an intriguing way.
I could feel the pressing heat of the unnaturally hot summer, which seemed to hit a boiling point as the hysteria of the townspeople continued to increase, and the stench and gruesomeness of the killing room floor lingered on Alice's father when he graced the pages.
This story is dark and heavy from beginning to end, but Mina and Sam both brought a light to the story.
The ending didn't fully work for me in terms of the arc of the story and I was left with quite a few questions, but this was a solid book regardless!
Thanks to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press, and Minotaur Books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review - out February 25!
It's the summer of 1989 when new child psychologist Mina has her life upended. While attending a bereavement group to mourn the loss of her late brother, Mina meets a journalist names Sam. He tells her about a girl named Alice who's believed by everyone in her remote village to be haunted by a witch. Mina and Sam both see Alice as a way to move forward in their careers, so they journey to Banathel to determine what's truly haunting this girl.
SOMETHING IN THE WALLS by Daisy Pearce is a haunting gothic horror that really studies adolescence and "misbehavior" in an intriguing way.
I could feel the pressing heat of the unnaturally hot summer, which seemed to hit a boiling point as the hysteria of the townspeople continued to increase, and the stench and gruesomeness of the killing room floor lingered on Alice's father when he graced the pages.
This story is dark and heavy from beginning to end, but Mina and Sam both brought a light to the story.
The ending didn't fully work for me in terms of the arc of the story and I was left with quite a few questions, but this was a solid book regardless!
Thanks to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press, and Minotaur Books for the ARC in exchange for an honest review - out February 25!