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A review by motherhorror
Delphine Dodd by S.P. Miskowski
5.0
S.P. Miskowski writes what I want to read. Her storytelling voice is seriously unparalleled among her peers. The narrative pulls the reader in with vibrant characters, authentic/realistic dialog and engaging drama. There is *never* a good place to drop your bookmark down--the story consumes and demands to be finished.
DELPHINE DODD is the tale of a young girl and her sister who are abandoned by their "free-spirited" (selfish) mother and left in the care of their grandmother. The scenes where the two girls adapt to their new life with their grandma, Eve Alice, are some of my favorites. These chapters reminded me of when I would get lost in my Little House on the Prairie books! Lots of details about fishing and food gathering, learning and growing while managing chores and having some playtime while being resourceful. I could read that sort of thing forever and ever. Eve Alice is a tidy, live-off-the-grid sort of woman and the era is in the 1920s, I believe, so we're talking outhouses and no neighbors--a real cabin in the woods. Except, Eve Alice practices home remedies and such, so people come to see her and she also makes this herbal tea for a doctor that runs a sanitorium nearby.
Things get really interesting with that sanitorium.
Terrifying.
I loved this novella.
The section called "The Changeling" I had read before in the novel KNOCK, KNOCK (I think) but I loved reading it again because it's a dark and twisted tale--one of my favorites. I wish I could sit and listen to this author tell me stories in real life. Her tales seem so real-they're so rich in details and dates and strange circumstances that just don't feel made up.
I need more. More, more, more.
DELPHINE DODD is the tale of a young girl and her sister who are abandoned by their "free-spirited" (selfish) mother and left in the care of their grandmother. The scenes where the two girls adapt to their new life with their grandma, Eve Alice, are some of my favorites. These chapters reminded me of when I would get lost in my Little House on the Prairie books! Lots of details about fishing and food gathering, learning and growing while managing chores and having some playtime while being resourceful. I could read that sort of thing forever and ever. Eve Alice is a tidy, live-off-the-grid sort of woman and the era is in the 1920s, I believe, so we're talking outhouses and no neighbors--a real cabin in the woods. Except, Eve Alice practices home remedies and such, so people come to see her and she also makes this herbal tea for a doctor that runs a sanitorium nearby.
Things get really interesting with that sanitorium.
Terrifying.
I loved this novella.
The section called "The Changeling" I had read before in the novel KNOCK, KNOCK (I think) but I loved reading it again because it's a dark and twisted tale--one of my favorites. I wish I could sit and listen to this author tell me stories in real life. Her tales seem so real-they're so rich in details and dates and strange circumstances that just don't feel made up.
I need more. More, more, more.