I'm usually bad at metaphor so if one of you brilliant people can hopefully share some thoughts. The very last thing I'll say to start is that the theme of the kid (David) being the one in control of the situation was a great way to add to the creep factor, but also does say something, I think, about parents and their kids. Was that easy to relate to for those that dont have kids? The book recreates that rescue distance pulling you in and out and hiding and reappearing. But I will say, I have a few and the rescue distance is real. It's so snobby and bad to be like, 'well, if you don't have kids you couldn't understand it' and I absolutely do not think that. What do you guys think?Īnother thing I was curious about is who read it that has kids and who doesn't. But I wouldn't even classify this as horror. Also, the way David would interact with his mother. What was the creepiest part? The drawings were very creepy to me. A tension that pulled and released and then snapped at the end.

Not horror, but a real uneasiness (as someone else maybe said first). I loved itĪnd then at the end when she is wanting to continue the story, just so she could relive it because she knew she was going to die and never see her daughter again - that hits pretty hard too. That's when I knew was going fo finish this book right now. Like, she's truly in a bad position here. I buy that, actually, though maybe there is a more realistic explanation she was getting at?įor me, when David said he had walked her through the story 4 times, I felt that was just a perfect explanation for how he knew so much and his whole dialogue throughout. What about the green house though? The switching of souls. To be clear, there was a chemical waste contamination in a poor country town.

I want to say, for me the plot was the least important part. If no one is up for it, that's fine! I'm glad anyone liked my recommendation.

I mostly want to hear what others have to say, so I'll just introduce some questions and a few thoughts for now. If you are going to read it and want to save the post, I'll be here to respond even if no one else is! So, if you have read it and want to discuss, this is the place.

Well, a lot of people wanted to read it and I'm hoping some of you might want to talk about it as much as I do. I said it's the scariest book I've ever read. In case you missed it, I posted earlier about the book Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin.

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