Harvest Home

Harvest Home is compelling folk horror exploring what happens when a city family moves into a small country town. This work was written in the 70s and depictions of women and “traditional values” are not well aligned with contemporary views of gender, sexuality, and social values. The protagonist can be fairly described as sexist, and this may alienate readers. The book also contains depictions of sexual violence which are disturbing and perhaps never really fully dealt with in the narrative. Despite this, I found the world building in Harvest Home to be fascinating and many sections of the book to be creepy. Although there were some issues with the book, the prose and plot kept me engaged and invested in what was coming next. I also found the ending to be fairly satisfying. Overall I would recommend Harvest Home, simply with the caveat that one may find aspects of the story disturbing and distasteful.