Sundial

3.5 ⭐️

i read this at the wrong time. i was expecting horror, but i wasn't expecting the deep sadness and grief this made me feel throughout. sometimes it felt too painful to continue seeing the way Rob and her sister were being torn apart. there were also many moments that i found viscerally upsetting. if you are sensitive to animal abuse, i would avoid this. a lot of it isn't necessarily graphic, but i still found most of it so conceptually disturbing that it made me nauseous at times.

that all sounds negative, but Catriona Ward is an incredible writer and i'm glad i read this. there were so many interesting explorations, even if i felt the format struggled at times. i will definitely be picking up more books by Ward and will make sure to read them when i'm in a headspace to process devastating content.