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A review by kingjason
This House of Wounds by Georgina Bruce
5.0
A fantastic collection of stories, full of magical realism with a touch of horror. If you are a fan of David Lynch's movies or Rebecca Grandsen's books then you'll really enjoy this. I loved everything about this book from the stunning cover (which my daughter says is the creepiest ever) to the stories themselves, including their mad titles.
The stories themselves touch on similar topics, absent mothers (absent in various ways), mirrors and the fractures they create when broken, pain and release and crows....the crows play a major part in the horror side of this book. You get a nice range of stories, some dystopias, some from the point of view of children, stories that blur the lines between fantasy and reality, scary ones and moving ones.
Whilst most stories here are excellent there is one that stood out way above the others, "White Rabbit" is a powerful story, incredibly moving and left me with a hollow feeling in the pit of my stomach, reading about a character as his mind slowly unravels was so sad. It was the perfect story to bring the book to a close.
This was the first thing I've read by Georgina Bruce and I'm hooked, I've been checking out her blog recently and there is some great stuff there too.
Blog review: https://felcherman.wordpress.com/2019/05/04/this-house-of-wounds-by-georgina-bruce/
The stories themselves touch on similar topics, absent mothers (absent in various ways), mirrors and the fractures they create when broken, pain and release and crows....the crows play a major part in the horror side of this book. You get a nice range of stories, some dystopias, some from the point of view of children, stories that blur the lines between fantasy and reality, scary ones and moving ones.
Whilst most stories here are excellent there is one that stood out way above the others, "White Rabbit" is a powerful story, incredibly moving and left me with a hollow feeling in the pit of my stomach, reading about a character as his mind slowly unravels was so sad. It was the perfect story to bring the book to a close.
This was the first thing I've read by Georgina Bruce and I'm hooked, I've been checking out her blog recently and there is some great stuff there too.
Blog review: https://felcherman.wordpress.com/2019/05/04/this-house-of-wounds-by-georgina-bruce/