seraphicpetal 's review for:

She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

3.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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This Vietnamese horror novel made me sick to my stomach in the way that the best gory novels should. Hauntingly engrossing, it blends chilling supernatural elements with the real-life horrors of 1859 French colonization in Vietnam. With a struggling to come out queer protagonist at its center, it’s also a deeply personal story about identity, family, and survival