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Interesting stories intertwine, about all that happened in one single house. Interesting concept, that I enjoyed very much. Makes you think of what a house really contains inside it. All that the home sees

I loved this book. Very talented author to follow.

Well shit. I feel like that was a wasted amount of my time.
I have loved Farris' past works. His books all very much kept me interested and I fell in love with the characters.
This one, had potential...then became rushed.
There is absolutely no explanation of anything. When the book ended I actually had to look up to make sure I didn't get a misprint copy that abruptly ended. Nothing is answered. Too much left to ponder on. It's almost like this was the first half of what could have been a great novel.
So, I am very disappointed in this one.

Not for me. Just felt like I needed a bath.

Wow. What a mess. This was disturbing.

Once again, the king of Folk Horror, does it again. I do wish this had been longer. So much I would have loved to know. But, I did read his afterthoughts. So I understand.
This was a very creepy tale, of women jaded. Reminded me of a more serious/ non light-comedy, version of Practical Magic.

This was a beautifully written tragedy. The best kind of book.

I have no idea why this book is rated so low. I loved it. Loved the magical Realism thrown in at just the right moments. A hard to read at times, strange novel of being a person of color in the south.

I absolutely loved the first half and middle of this book. I was sooooooo into it. Loved the magical realism, loved the characters....but towards the end, I lost interest. Lost on the ending. I will read more Mitchell later on. Maybe I will like another one better. I had such high hopes. Alas. This is not Murakami or Kobo Abe for me.

Such a wonderfully strange book that touches on grief, and the past. Magical Realism throughout. Beautiful prose. New Orleans. So glad I found this book as it's one that is rarely mentioned. I love finding hidden gems like this.

This was a beautiful book. Magical Realism about a family and how they deal with grief. The things they went through. I loved this story so much.

This is one of the best folk horror books I have read in quite some time. I loved the setting. Cold, wintery woods is one of my favorite tropes. The animals were so mysterious and creepy. The way that each character dealt with his own trauma just showed how each of us tend to have different ways of coping. I loved everything about this book. The lore was a bit confusing. Just a bit. I didn't understand the offering and becoming the animal part

Wow. What a wonderful tale. I cried several times. These characters lived such a hard life. Even the privileged ones had horrible beginnings. The story ended on a very bleak note, but it was wonderful and heartbreaking to hear their stories. This is a wonderful new author that I plan to follow. This is not a happy, fun loving book at all, it's extremely dark and sad, but a wonderful read at that.

I was very lucky to come across this writer. He writes in my favorite genre( southern grit-lit/ supernatural) and I had never heard of him. Now, I've read all his books and try to sing his praises everywhere I go. I don't know how more people have not read this ....such a great story of love, supernatural, magical realism, and grief. It's a must read.

Such a great book. Probably my favorite of this year.

I have now dubbed Ms. McDaniel as the “ queen of Appalachia magical realism”...❤️Tiffany McDaniel is an author that I will read anything the woman writes. She writes such interesting characters, with storylines that you feel like you are living right along with the characters. An added touch of subtle magical realism makes it magical. I love her writing. She is up there with David Joy, Donald Ray Pollack, Ron Rash and Chris Offutt as favorite Appalachian writers.

Tokarczuk has become a favorite author of mine. No one writes like she does. She IS magical realism. Many try to write magical realism, but don't quite get it right. Olga does. She's perfection.
This story was great. So many characters get invested in.

This is how a book should be written. So many of the same ole tropes, especially in the horror/supernatural Genre .This one goes above and way, way “ out in la-la land” beyond. I love magical realism even more so than horror,so when you add the two it ends up being pure brilliance.
This is a harsh, disturbing book, but you will want to keep reading, trust me. The storyline is so interesting and unique. The characters are as well. I hope this author writes more. I hate when I finally find a good book after being in a reading rut and you can't find any more books by that author.

This was the strangest, weirdest, loveliest story I have read in some time. A perfect example of how grief effects everyone different and how we deal with that grief is our own. To some it may not be “normal” or usual, but who can say how we react when we lose someone who was our whole world. This book was brilliant. I very rarely give 5 stars on Goodreads. Those that get 5 while stars are special.

Probably my favorite book this year.

Oh wow! What a book. I absolutely devoured this novel. I love southern fiction anyway. This touched quite a few tender spots on what our South is and what we have had to go through. This is now my favorite novel by Barbara. I cannot recommend this coming of age tale enough.

Charles De Lint never disappoints. He absolutely is my favorite fantasy/magical realism author. His stories are always so full of life, wonderful characters, and life lessons.
In this story we visit Native American beliefs and myths. I thoroughly enjoyed that. We have a few mentions of some of our Newford folks.
I believe De Lint is a must read for anyone who loves fantasy. He's brilliant!

I love this authors books so much. Magical realism, supernatural, spooky, characters you want to follow. However, I wish they weren't labeled “christian fiction” because that almost kept me from reading them. ( No offense. I don't mind if God is mentioned a little, or church, beliefs, etc. especially in Southern Fiction, but I don't want religion pushed on me or for that to be a big factor in the story. ) I feel like labelling these books this way could effect who reads them and why. I am not disrespecting the fact that the author may be Christian, it's just that to me this is a southern fiction book with spiritual notes. Anyway, I have read two books by this author now and he is most definitely a favorite.

I had one big issue with this story. Your mom is a raging alcoholic. You only have your older brother to count on because you're 12. If you saw a murder, by the town sheriff, and you told the brother who takes care of you....wouldn't he find that an extremely big deal and hold off on “going to college” day? I mean there is obviously going to be danger, since it was the sheriff involved..... That just made the whole thing hard to swallow. It made it seem like the murder of the girl wasn't a big enough deal to cause the older brother to stay home. The rest of the story was decent, but that kinda ruined it for me.

Oh wow. This book. It's going to cause a quite a bit of controversy! Why? Because in a lot of ways, the way the author portrays illness in some , is very true. ( In my opinion) In other ways, it could be taken as unsympathetic to chronically ill people. I do believe it was excellently written. It makes you think. It tells a lot of harsh truths. It is just going to be one of those books that people either love or had....take the wrong way or completely understand. I do look forward to reading more from this very talented author.