Review: Modern lit meets Traditional Gothic Horror
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 8, 2013
I bought this on recommendation from some awesome bibliophiles. And (in between trilogy & quadrilogy saga reading), I am totally enthralled & "feeling the creeping horror".For that is what successful Gothic Horror does to you - it slowly surrounds you, like a mist, or a deep disturbing dream where one doesn't know awake from asleep.The narrative is beautiful, yet not lacking in pace. At many times I was left with the same feeling as "The Woman in Black" or Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting at Hill House".Steven Katriel is definitely one of my new favourite authors.A MUST READ for all lovers of a serving of a late-night horror read in bed (with lights out!). Excellent!