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A review by scriptedsolstice
Follow Me to Ground by Sue Rainsford
3.0
Follow Me To Ground tells the story of Ada and her father, who cure the humans in their village using the mysterious soil in their garden, and/or putting them to sleep, singing to them and opening up their bodies.
I won’t give any more of the story away so I’ll just focus on the elements of the book. This definitely reads like a fairytale. Ada and her father use song to drive away sickness, they age incredibly slow and we find out that Ada’s father turns into a wolf and goes hunting in the woods occasionally.
Ada is the strangest of creatures and we discover that she was in fact made from this strange soil in their garden. She often has weird thoughts of bodies, and what is contained within them. She hears blood, smells substances and she tells them to us which was definitely disturbing and creepy! She also seems to have no love for the humans, which her and her father call “cures”. She merely sees them as a pastime, something she can do without much concentration at all. Ada does develop feelings for one of her cures, Samson, and we get to see exactly how she feels and thinks about him as their relationship escalates.
I do think that the book needs more detail, or even a sequel. I would love to know why Ada and her father even bother curing humans, and if there is anything in it for them? Does the Ground hold a sort of power in this sense?
I was also very confused with the chapter beginnings. Each chapter is the name of a cure who gives us a few sentences about Ada and her father, before we return to Ada’s perspective. There was no clear shift when this occurred and took me half the book to realise that this was going on. However, this could just be the Kindle formatting.
Overall, this is one of the strangest books I have ever read. If you enjoy creepy fairy-tale vibes and magical realism, I recommend this book! However, it does lack any rules or explanations for why Ada and her father have the ability to cure people, which isn’t something I enjoy.
Thank you to NetGalley and Random House UK for the ARC in exchange for an honest review
I won’t give any more of the story away so I’ll just focus on the elements of the book. This definitely reads like a fairytale. Ada and her father use song to drive away sickness, they age incredibly slow and we find out that Ada’s father turns into a wolf and goes hunting in the woods occasionally.
Ada is the strangest of creatures and we discover that she was in fact made from this strange soil in their garden. She often has weird thoughts of bodies, and what is contained within them. She hears blood, smells substances and she tells them to us which was definitely disturbing and creepy! She also seems to have no love for the humans, which her and her father call “cures”. She merely sees them as a pastime, something she can do without much concentration at all. Ada does develop feelings for one of her cures, Samson, and we get to see exactly how she feels and thinks about him as their relationship escalates.
I do think that the book needs more detail, or even a sequel. I would love to know why Ada and her father even bother curing humans, and if there is anything in it for them? Does the Ground hold a sort of power in this sense?
I was also very confused with the chapter beginnings. Each chapter is the name of a cure who gives us a few sentences about Ada and her father, before we return to Ada’s perspective. There was no clear shift when this occurred and took me half the book to realise that this was going on. However, this could just be the Kindle formatting.
Overall, this is one of the strangest books I have ever read. If you enjoy creepy fairy-tale vibes and magical realism, I recommend this book! However, it does lack any rules or explanations for why Ada and her father have the ability to cure people, which isn’t something I enjoy.
Thank you to NetGalley and Random House UK for the ARC in exchange for an honest review