Books

A book review of Thomas Olde Heuvelt’s 2013 modern folk horror novel Hex Usually when you think about folk horror stories they are set in some 1600’s pastoral wilderness in the isolated hills of Europe somewhere.  Rarely would you think of sentences like “bring up the app and mark the witch’s position” being part of […]

This book has been orbiting around my book lists for a few years now and I’d never really pulled it down and gotten into this “classic” within folk horror literature.  I’m not really sure why, but I think part of it may be how many times it was pushed on me as a “must read”

It’s taken me a minute to get around to actually writing this book review. I made the mistake(?) of reading The Ruins during the gap between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and it left me a little raw, lol. Not a great season for something this real and this bleak. Don’t get me wrong, though, this book

I read this originally a few years ago and then saw the movie, which I really loved.  So, I wanted to go back and check my original opinion on the book (which was not favorable) to see if it grew on me at all.  The short answer is…not really.  I liked some of the aspects of the book in both readings but there are just some things that made it difficult for me to really get pulled into the story.  I understand that there are a lot of people that really love this book, and the extended Southern Reach trilogy.  I’m just giving my perspective to those that might be interested.