The Haar
Ratings25
Average rating4.3
All I knew about this book was that it was a different kind of horror novel - practically went into this book blind.
The Haar is definitely a new kind of horror novel - at easy for me. It was beautiful in the strangest and often goriest of ways.
I didn't expect a horror novel to make me feel emotions at the end of it. It was really a beautiful book.
Read for a buddy read, ended up burning through in a weekend. Squishy, gross, and oddly moving!
I didn’t go into this book expecting a love story; however it was a good time! A few plot holes! 4 Stars ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️
When I first started reading horror novels, I was looking for the same feeling I get from horror movies and couldn't find it anywhere. The Haar was the first time I've literally had to put a hand over my mouth to process the image a book just put in my mind. The gore was so nasty and vibrant and fantastic, and then it's balanced with this heartfelt story of grief and love. A story this outrageous has to be executed just right, and David Sodergren makes it look easy.
PS — I never would have guessed Bianca Del Rio would be mentioned in this book but I appreciate it nonetheless.
My first Sodergren book and surely not my LAST. This book just scratched a certain itch in my brain. From the monster to gruesome depictions of body horror. This was a perfect book to start off spooky season and will probably a frequent reread for me.