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A twisted narrative of gothic/folk horror
Let me preface this by saying that Catriona Ward is one of my favorite modern horror authors. In a genre historically dominated by men, she’s distinguished herself by writing mind-bending, boundary-pushing, original material that speaks to the literary crowd as well as the give-me-your-most-effed-up-tale crowd. Look no further than the brutality in last year’s Sundial or the downright gut-wrenching imagery in her magnum opus, The Last House on Needless Street.Little Eve begins with the discovery of a brutal, ritualistic murder on a Scottish isle during WWII. The woman who discovers the bodies and the woman who supposedly murdered them serve as our two narrators for the rest of the story. Their tales flash back to WWI when they were both children on the isle. As the narrative progresses, we notice the conflicting accounts of what happened. One of them is lying.Unfortunately, Little Eve didn’t work as well for me as the previously mentioned titles. It has her trademark intentional confusion that makes you feel like the dumb kid in class at times until it all clicks…if it all clicks. There’s no harm in closing a book and then running to Google for an explanation of what the hell just happened. (I did.) I found it to be overly complex even though the writing was crisp.I do appreciate the gothic horror elements that the publishers used to market the book, but it falls more into the folk horror sub-genre than traditional gothic. I also admire Ward once again writing unapologetically when it comes to what people dub “trigger warnings.” She celebrates the genre by not shying away from the nasty.Having said all that, I was still let down by the book as a whole. I can only recommend it to people with a much better attention span and memory than myself. I got lost in her literary labyrinth several times, but unlike her previous books, I didn’t care to find my way out. Luckily, I hear her new novel, Looking Glass Sound, is getting rave reviews and promises to be one of her darkest yet.
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Little Eve begins with the discovery of a brutal, ritualistic murder on a Scottish isle during WWII. The woman who discovers the bodies and the woman who supposedly murdered them serve as our two narrators for the rest of the story. Their tales flash back to WWI when they were both children on the isle. As the narrative progresses, we notice the conflicting accounts of what happened. One of them is lying.
Unfortunately, Little Eve didn’t work as well for me as the previously mentioned titles. It has her trademark intentional confusion that makes you feel like the dumb kid in class at times until it all clicks…if it all clicks. There’s no harm in closing a book and then running to Google for an explanation of what the hell just happened. (I did.) I found it to be overly complex even though the writing was crisp.
I do appreciate the gothic horror elements that the publishers used to market the book, but it falls more into the folk horror sub-genre than traditional gothic. I also admire Ward once again writing unapologetically when it comes to what people dub “trigger warnings.” She celebrates the genre by not shying away from the nasty.
Having said all that, I was still let down by the book as a whole. I can only recommend it to people with a much better attention span and memory than myself. I got lost in her literary labyrinth several times, but unlike her previous books, I didn’t care to find my way out. Luckily, I hear her new novel, Looking Glass Sound, is getting rave reviews and promises to be one of her darkest yet.
A twisted narrative of gothic/folk horror
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2023
Let me preface this by saying that Catriona Ward is one of my favorite modern horror authors. In a genre historically dominated by men, she’s distinguished herself by writing mind-bending, boundary-pushing, original material that speaks to the literary crowd as well as the give-me-your-most-effed-up-tale crowd. Look no further than the brutality in last year’s Sundial or the downright gut-wrenching imagery in her magnum opus, The Last House on Needless Street.Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2023
Little Eve begins with the discovery of a brutal, ritualistic murder on a Scottish isle during WWII. The woman who discovers the bodies and the woman who supposedly murdered them serve as our two narrators for the rest of the story. Their tales flash back to WWI when they were both children on the isle. As the narrative progresses, we notice the conflicting accounts of what happened. One of them is lying.
Unfortunately, Little Eve didn’t work as well for me as the previously mentioned titles. It has her trademark intentional confusion that makes you feel like the dumb kid in class at times until it all clicks…if it all clicks. There’s no harm in closing a book and then running to Google for an explanation of what the hell just happened. (I did.) I found it to be overly complex even though the writing was crisp.
I do appreciate the gothic horror elements that the publishers used to market the book, but it falls more into the folk horror sub-genre than traditional gothic. I also admire Ward once again writing unapologetically when it comes to what people dub “trigger warnings.” She celebrates the genre by not shying away from the nasty.
Having said all that, I was still let down by the book as a whole. I can only recommend it to people with a much better attention span and memory than myself. I got lost in her literary labyrinth several times, but unlike her previous books, I didn’t care to find my way out. Luckily, I hear her new novel, Looking Glass Sound, is getting rave reviews and promises to be one of her darkest yet.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2022
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Heartbreaking and beautiful
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