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A review by books_with_caity
Lost in the Garden by Adam S. Leslie
4.0
This book was a fever dream on paper. I spent half the book wondering "What is going on?" and the other half feeling like I'd taken psychedelics. Dreamy, unsettling, and weird all at once; I saw someone compare it to Midsommar X Annihilation X Hot Fuzz and I couldn't agree more.
I personally really enjoyed it, but I can see it not being everyone's cup of tea. It was long, heavy on the descriptions, and sometimes more vibes than plot, though in my opinion these added to the dreamlike, time-warped, always-summer experience.
My only real issue with the book was the characters. The 3 female main characters felt like they were written by a white man, not necessarily in a bad way, just in a noticeable way. Heather especially had the manic pixie dream girl 'I'm not like other girls' feel to her. They all just felt too fictional, like I couldn't imagine any of them as real people. Saying that, I didn't dislike the characters, I just feel like they maybe needed a tad more work.
I don't want to say too much about it as it's best going in blind, but expect highly whimsical and colourful folk horror.
I'm immediately rushing to buy more Dead Ink books ASAP.
I personally really enjoyed it, but I can see it not being everyone's cup of tea. It was long, heavy on the descriptions, and sometimes more vibes than plot, though in my opinion these added to the dreamlike, time-warped, always-summer experience.
My only real issue with the book was the characters. The 3 female main characters felt like they were written by a white man, not necessarily in a bad way, just in a noticeable way. Heather especially had the manic pixie dream girl 'I'm not like other girls' feel to her. They all just felt too fictional, like I couldn't imagine any of them as real people. Saying that, I didn't dislike the characters, I just feel like they maybe needed a tad more work.
I don't want to say too much about it as it's best going in blind, but expect highly whimsical and colourful folk horror.
I'm immediately rushing to buy more Dead Ink books ASAP.