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A review by michael_benavidez
Come Forth in Thaw: A Dark Fantasy Horror Novella about Trauma and Mental Illness by Jayson Robert Ducharme
4.0
trigger warning for the book as well as this review if anyone is sensitive to suicide.
As one can possibly tell from the book cover this book centers on suicide. It's not a passing mention, it's not a scene or two, it's thr entire 104 pages of Come Forth in Thaw.
This book really hit me in a sensitive area. As someone who's attempted that, and has struggled with thoughts of it for as long as I can remember (thinking it was a part of normal life up until not too long ago, I'm ashamed to admit), this hit me and hit me hard.
As someone who has a loving family and would be missed, it hurt knowing I could have possibly put them in these shoes. I say/admit this because I can't seperate my experiences and feelings and review this book. The two are tied and this book made me feel some shit.
The story itself is well written, everything is clear, everything is expressed so fluently that I ached with the mother. The fantastical elements are interesting, but weren't in existence long enough to care or to give me more than what they're meant to represent, which they do well.
And of course there's the final third. As a novella it suffers from being too short, and usually that's the reader just wanting more. And while I did, it was more about wanting more from that final piece of the puzzle. It just seemed rushed through to give us the final scenes. While those are absolutely fantastic and gut wrenching, leaving tears sprinkled on the remaining pages, I NEEDED more from that ending.
So two ratings. 3 stars On a book level, maybe I think? But a whole 5stars from an emotional standpoint.
I guess it's safe to give this an in-between of 4 stars.
As one can possibly tell from the book cover this book centers on suicide. It's not a passing mention, it's not a scene or two, it's thr entire 104 pages of Come Forth in Thaw.
This book really hit me in a sensitive area. As someone who's attempted that, and has struggled with thoughts of it for as long as I can remember (thinking it was a part of normal life up until not too long ago, I'm ashamed to admit), this hit me and hit me hard.
As someone who has a loving family and would be missed, it hurt knowing I could have possibly put them in these shoes. I say/admit this because I can't seperate my experiences and feelings and review this book. The two are tied and this book made me feel some shit.
The story itself is well written, everything is clear, everything is expressed so fluently that I ached with the mother. The fantastical elements are interesting, but weren't in existence long enough to care or to give me more than what they're meant to represent, which they do well.
And of course there's the final third. As a novella it suffers from being too short, and usually that's the reader just wanting more. And while I did, it was more about wanting more from that final piece of the puzzle. It just seemed rushed through to give us the final scenes. While those are absolutely fantastic and gut wrenching, leaving tears sprinkled on the remaining pages, I NEEDED more from that ending.
So two ratings. 3 stars On a book level, maybe I think? But a whole 5stars from an emotional standpoint.
I guess it's safe to give this an in-between of 4 stars.