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A review by beforeviolets
The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo
let’s go trans monster schlong
I think (adult!) fans of Andrew Joseph White would probably be really drawn to this story due to its themes and atmosphere.
Featuring terrifying religious bigotry, small town horror, trans rage, and gender euphoria through monstrous metamorphosis, this book has a lot of amazing elements. I do think too much of the plot was saved for the very end, leaving some of the dropped pieces of candy in the earlier parts of this narrative tale to feel more confusing than impactful and causing a meandering and slow pace, but I overall really enjoyed this little novella.
Thank you to the publisher for sending me an ARC in exchange for an honest review!
CW: religious bigotry, violence, blood & gore, sexual content, rape (off-page), sexual violence, pregnancy, abortion (offpage), death in childbirth, medical content, needles, gun violence, drowning, cannibalism, murder, transphobia, misgendering, misogyny, animal death, dismemberment, hallucinations, fire, eugenics, racism, war (past), insects, child death (mention), antisemitism (mention)
I think (adult!) fans of Andrew Joseph White would probably be really drawn to this story due to its themes and atmosphere.
Featuring terrifying religious bigotry, small town horror, trans rage, and gender euphoria through monstrous metamorphosis, this book has a lot of amazing elements. I do think too much of the plot was saved for the very end, leaving some of the dropped pieces of candy in the earlier parts of this narrative tale to feel more confusing than impactful and causing a meandering and slow pace, but I overall really enjoyed this little novella.
Thank you to the publisher for sending me an ARC in exchange for an honest review!
CW: religious bigotry, violence, blood & gore, sexual content, rape (off-page), sexual violence, pregnancy, abortion (offpage), death in childbirth, medical content, needles, gun violence, drowning, cannibalism, murder, transphobia, misgendering, misogyny, animal death, dismemberment, hallucinations, fire, eugenics, racism, war (past), insects, child death (mention), antisemitism (mention)