The Woods All Black

This queer novel had a Southern horror theme. I enjoyed it.

Great, tense, dark, gory little thing. I loved it and the queerness of the story was so well-implemented and historically researched that I wasn't brought out of it like I often am by queer period stories. 
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this, honestly. It was so short that I picked it up and I thought “oh boy, this is going to be rough.” In reality, it was fast as fuck and so emotionally visceral I was stunned at how much I liked it.

Hmm. Logically right up my alley: horror, queer people, Appalachia...Missed the mark a bit for reasons spoilered below. But that's a me thing.

I do not enjoy graphic sex scenes. Or any kind, really. I skipped both: you can definitely skip the first one with no issues; for the second, read the start of it. Still a great book, I was just not expecting pages of sex.

Beautiful prose! The perspective is very close--you can really feel yourself as Leslie, moving through the town.

Score breakdown:

Objective-ish quality: 4.5 (counted twice)

My enjoyment: 3

((4.5 x 2) + 3) /3 = 4