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A review by jwmcoaching
The Other by Thomas Tryon
4.0
A much better book than Tryon's Harvest Home, the Other is a helluva ride, with its foreboding atmospherics, tight writing and intriguing plotline. It's a page turner that's difficult to put down.
Reminiscent of The Bad Seed and clearly an influence on this year's Goodnight Mommy, the whole thing is incredibly cinematic in nature and seems to contain the DNA of many thrillers and horror films that have come out in the 40+ years since its publication. I also enjoyed the allusions to pre-Revolution Russia and the Tolstoy-like vision of where the whole plot is first set in motion.
Reminiscent of The Bad Seed and clearly an influence on this year's Goodnight Mommy, the whole thing is incredibly cinematic in nature and seems to contain the DNA of many thrillers and horror films that have come out in the 40+ years since its publication. I also enjoyed the allusions to pre-Revolution Russia and the Tolstoy-like vision of where the whole plot is first set in motion.