Just finished this book today and…. very interesting concept.. It’s written via email correspondence between two women, and one of their slow descents into a total mental breakdown. One paper it sounds fascinating but I just wasn’t pulled in completely. It’s very short so I couldn’t really stretch out into it, if you know what I mean. Plus.. the huge problem with tackling madness and mental health in a book written in email…is that you don’t get any glimpse of their peorsonal thoughts. You only can try to sus that out with the text in the email.
Anyway the ending I think will stay with me for a bit, so mission accomplished there I suppose. Anyone read this?
by Telnet_to_the_Mind
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Haven’t read it, but I’m currently reading The Trees Grew because I Bled There by LaRocca and I’m loving it. I don’t usually read short stories or horror, but I really enjoy hills writing style.
I thought the story and the writing were fantastic. I would even say the author did a great job with bring the characters to life, even with it just being emails and messaging.
However, I 100% agree with it needing to be longer. It was paced pretty well at the beginning. Gave us just enough time to establish who they are, how they come to be a couple online. But once the horror moments start kicking in, it felt like it was taking huge leaps forward. It was to the point where each new thing still felt out of place the characters. >!For example, when the sub(I don’t remember their names) killed I beleive a squirel in the park. Sure, she had taken a leap with the stuff at work, but I feel like it needed at least one more step before killing an animal. Then suddenly there’s the stuff with the worms. Once again, give me another step or two before we reach the final point.!<
Definitely needed to be much longer. What a fascinating concept! Fill it out! Give me more!