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A review by nostoat
The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo
5.0
I feel like a wild horse, a feral beast, a completely untamable creature streaking through a forest. This book starts with the feeling of oppressive humidity and looming mountains, everything crowding close around; too close too close. There's a copper and iron taste, from the biting of the tongue.
This book ends with the tang of fresh red blood and earthy soil, the smell of woodsmoke. The queer laughter of two "degenerates" bouncing through the trees. I can taste this book, smell this book, feel this book on my skin. This book is a bloody middle finger to the insular, backwards-thinking Christian communities all around us. Cheers to Lee Mandelo for this one!
This book ends with the tang of fresh red blood and earthy soil, the smell of woodsmoke. The queer laughter of two "degenerates" bouncing through the trees. I can taste this book, smell this book, feel this book on my skin. This book is a bloody middle finger to the insular, backwards-thinking Christian communities all around us. Cheers to Lee Mandelo for this one!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual assault