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Horseman: A Tale of Sleepy Hollow
by Christina Henry
Am I weak for the tale of Sleepy Hollow? Yes. Am I weak for Sleepy Hollow retellings? Turns out, YES!
Ever since I was young, I have been obsessed with the tale of Sleepy Hollow. I watched Tim Burton's film for the first time when I was a young teenager (a horror-obsessed teenager, that is) and haven't stopped loving it since. So, when I stumbled upon this retelling I knew I had to read it soon. Having been in quite a reading slump throughout the last couple of months, I hoped that this would be the book that would pull me out of it and I think it lived up to its expectations as I finished it in just a couple of days.
From start to finish, Henry's novel is filled with tension and every page reads like an old fashioned, campfire ghost story. Not once did I find myself to be bored or uninterested. Was it truly scary? Not always, I didn't have any issues sleeping at night. Was it creepy, however? Definitely. Eventhough the figure of the Horseman is known as something sinister, Henry allows this character to take the shape of something eerie yet beautiful at the same time. What I truly enjoyed is the many twists that the author added to the story, that causes the Horseman to no longer be the only uncanny thing wandering around the old Dutch settlement after nightfall.
I do have to admit that, as a huge fangirl of Depp's Ichabod Crane, I was quite saddened to see how Henry followed the outcome of the original tale and focused more on the relationship between Katrina van Tassel and Brom van Brunt. However, I have to give huge credit for the original angle through with Henry dealt with the Van Tassel - Crane - van Brunt love triangle (I'm still on team Crane, though).
I truly enjoyed Horseman and highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys reading a spooky tale at night. Horseman truly is a ghost story that causes the mind of its reader to dwell dangerously deep into the dark woods of the Hollow, while slowly running out of bread crumbs.
Ever since I was young, I have been obsessed with the tale of Sleepy Hollow. I watched Tim Burton's film for the first time when I was a young teenager (a horror-obsessed teenager, that is) and haven't stopped loving it since. So, when I stumbled upon this retelling I knew I had to read it soon. Having been in quite a reading slump throughout the last couple of months, I hoped that this would be the book that would pull me out of it and I think it lived up to its expectations as I finished it in just a couple of days.
From start to finish, Henry's novel is filled with tension and every page reads like an old fashioned, campfire ghost story. Not once did I find myself to be bored or uninterested. Was it truly scary? Not always, I didn't have any issues sleeping at night. Was it creepy, however? Definitely. Eventhough the figure of the Horseman is known as something sinister, Henry allows this character to take the shape of something eerie yet beautiful at the same time. What I truly enjoyed is the many twists that the author added to the story, that causes the Horseman to no longer be the only uncanny thing wandering around the old Dutch settlement after nightfall.
I do have to admit that, as a huge fangirl of Depp's Ichabod Crane, I was quite saddened to see how Henry followed the outcome of the original tale and focused more on the relationship between Katrina van Tassel and Brom van Brunt. However, I have to give huge credit for the original angle through with Henry dealt with the Van Tassel - Crane - van Brunt love triangle (I'm still on team Crane, though).
I truly enjoyed Horseman and highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys reading a spooky tale at night. Horseman truly is a ghost story that causes the mind of its reader to dwell dangerously deep into the dark woods of the Hollow, while slowly running out of bread crumbs.