Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone
Ratings3
Average rating2.7
Wanted to love this one but unfortunately it did not turn out for me. For my horror books I do tend to find the suspense or scary parts only worthwhile if the character development is there. If this book was zero horror (which, for my tastes it's nearly there), but great characters (no, not likable - but human and have depth) - then I can still finding myself loving a novel like this. I enjoy both outright gore and more quiet horror aspects but this book missed the mark in both regards. Would be interested in reading more from this author in the future as I feel their writing is nearly there for me.
Sinister, messed up, evil, German mid-twentieth century redneck literary psychological horror. The horror is basically from the people in the village of Hemmersmoor themselves. Things like this give me the heebie-jeebies. And it's quite, quite well-written.