A review by blonohorror
Withered Hill by David Barnett

dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

let's go freaky village full of weirdos!!! a lot of people, when writing or reading folk horror, seem to forget that there's nearly always a degree of eroticism (and, indeed, voyeuristic gazing) to the genre which i think is kind of a shame. at least here it's handled better than the extremely obvious symbolism and foreshadowing was