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Mapping the Interior
by Stephen Graham Jones
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
📐🏠📏Mapping The Interior📏🏠📐
This was heartbreaking horror...
"I was twelve the first time I saw my dead father cross from the kitchen doorway to the hall that led back to the utility room."
*CHILLS*
This is a short yet powerful novella by SGJ that I devour in one sitting. It delivered so much feeling, both emotionally damaging as well as the horrific kind all in under 120 pages.
We follow a single Mom of two, her sons Junior, 12 years old (this was especially gut-wrenching since that's my own child nickname) and Dino, about 8 years old, whom has been suffering from seizures as well as some developmental delays. They have moved out of the rez, and it seems that the neighborhood they're on is not as nice or safe as it seems to be, between a nightmare of a neighbor and being haunted/hunted by their Dead Father, Junior tries his best at being a good brother and son.
This book was so tense, creepy, and heartbreaking. The way they longed yet fear the Father apparition, the way that it was carefully portrayed to showcase the feelings of Junior, and it was done all in a novella. I can see SGJ is a household name and won so many awards. He has won me over again. Loved Night of the Mannequins novella, and now I look forward to reading all of his available work.
I would love to thank NetGalley for allowing me to read and review this e-book ARC.
This was heartbreaking horror...
"I was twelve the first time I saw my dead father cross from the kitchen doorway to the hall that led back to the utility room."
*CHILLS*
This is a short yet powerful novella by SGJ that I devour in one sitting. It delivered so much feeling, both emotionally damaging as well as the horrific kind all in under 120 pages.
We follow a single Mom of two, her sons Junior, 12 years old (this was especially gut-wrenching since that's my own child nickname) and Dino, about 8 years old, whom has been suffering from seizures as well as some developmental delays. They have moved out of the rez, and it seems that the neighborhood they're on is not as nice or safe as it seems to be, between a nightmare of a neighbor and being haunted/hunted by their Dead Father, Junior tries his best at being a good brother and son.
This book was so tense, creepy, and heartbreaking. The way they longed yet fear the Father apparition, the way that it was carefully portrayed to showcase the feelings of Junior, and it was done all in a novella. I can see SGJ is a household name and won so many awards. He has won me over again. Loved Night of the Mannequins novella, and now I look forward to reading all of his available work.
I would love to thank NetGalley for allowing me to read and review this e-book ARC.