A review by sunnybopeep
Gretel and the Dark by Eliza Granville

4.75

This was dark and emotional and magical and gruesome and devastating. But it was also really, really good. I feel like Eliza Granville took so many risks with this book in order to convey her story, and they all paid off in the end. Despite being about WWII, the premise was so unique and original, and it was also stylistically interesting. Krysta’s censored child-perspective actually made the awful events bearable. The doctored fairytales were  wonderful. The way that the two different stories tied in with each other was really seamless, and I liked both stories equally well. The pacing was also great. At about the halfway point, it picked up speed and kept hurtling forward until the very satisfying finale.
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