![]() ![]() It didn’t totally mesh.īut overall, this was creepy and constantly escalating. Alice’s chapters had a B-movie horror quality to them occasionally, like being chased by Jason in the woods. When I’d go from those letter moments back to Alice, the transition felt clunky and it was obvious that the story threads were on different planes of existence. It was sinister and ominous, just a whole ass vibe. This aspect of the plot was my absolute favourite. The letters included in the novel from 1959 leading up to the demise of the village, tell the story of a charismatic pastor taking over the local church and then some bad shit happens. ![]() Not to join for me, but definitely to dissect later. Mental illnesses aren’t used as a gimmick or a reason that someone is untrustworthy because they’re “crazy.” Instead, we see the many ways women are dismissed, labelled and abused because of mental illnesses how relationships can be ruined or strained because of those struggles, and how a lack of knowledge in the past around mental issues would lead to some really ignorant, fucked up actions.Īlso, there’s some cult shit. The author spends a lot of time creating themes of mental health issues among the women in the novel – both past and present – with a conscientious approach. ![]()
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