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A review by badseedgirl
Goblin: A Novel in Six Novellas by Josh Malerman
5.0
Josh Malerman may be my 2021 new found discovery author. I read [b:Bird Box|18498558|Bird Box (Bird Box, #1)|Josh Malerman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1383949470l/18498558._SY75_.jpg|26186624] prior to the movies release, which came out in 2018, but either I never posted that I read it here on Goodreads, or my review was "lost;" but anyway I (re) read and reviewed it here in 2021. I also read [b:Malorie|44510181|Malorie (Bird Box, #2)|Josh Malerman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1585099104l/44510181._SY75_.jpg|69096295] this year, which I enjoyed, but not as much as Bird Box. Turns out, my library has several of Josh Malerman's books, so I have been dipping my toes in his catalog. This is my favorite book of his so far!
This book consists of 6 short stories, and an intro/outro story. All the stories are about member (or former members) of the community of Goblin, a town I am very intrigued with. In Goblin, everyone is scared of the Goblin police. And there is definitely something sinister about them. The people are buried standing up. There is a hedge maze no one has been able to solve, and a forest that people are scared to walk in, inhabited by black owl, no one ever sees. Goblin has a bloody history.
There is so much meat in the book which could be made into a series of books, and I would read them. The six stories included in Goblin are all connected, not only in location, but with other small links which added immensely to my enjoyment.
Seriously Mr. Malerman, write another book about Goblin.
This book consists of 6 short stories, and an intro/outro story. All the stories are about member (or former members) of the community of Goblin, a town I am very intrigued with. In Goblin, everyone is scared of the Goblin police. And there is definitely something sinister about them. The people are buried standing up. There is a hedge maze no one has been able to solve, and a forest that people are scared to walk in, inhabited by black owl, no one ever sees. Goblin has a bloody history.
There is so much meat in the book which could be made into a series of books, and I would read them. The six stories included in Goblin are all connected, not only in location, but with other small links which added immensely to my enjoyment.
Seriously Mr. Malerman, write another book about Goblin.