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In the Night Wood (2018)

par Dale Bailey

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Fantasy. Fiction. HTML:

In this contemporary fantasy, the grieving biographer of a Victorian fantasist finds himself slipping inexorably into the supernatural world that consumed his subject.

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    La forêt des Mythagos par Robert Holdstock (Jannes)
    Jannes: Shares the "house next to primordial, mythic wood" setting as well as a few other themes and tropes. If you enjoy one you're likely to like the other.
  2. 10
    The Hazel Wood par Melissa Albert (Jannes)
    Jannes: Weird houses, reclusive authors and fairy tales coming to life. These books share a lot of themes.
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An intriguing gothic horror/mystery featuring pagan gods and fair folk haunting the woods. The prose does get a bit pretentious every so often, but the story was captivating enough that I didn't care. It was so captivating that I had to pull out my mythology books and look up Cernunnos.

This book is ultimately a story about grief and the different ways that people work through it. ( )
  LynnMPK | Jun 27, 2023 |
In the Night Wood is just the kind of book I like to read. A story about a married couple who move to a new house. A house that the wife has inherited. A house with secrets and surrounded by an ancient oak forest. A forest that is so deep that you can get lost in it...

Now I had the pleasure of both listen to the audio version and reading the book. I think I preferred listening to the book which could be because John Banks did such an excellent job. As for the story itself. It's perfectly OK. However, I found myself wanting to like the story more than I did. Books like this one are actually the ones I find the hardest to review because there is nothing wrong with them more than I just can't seem to love the story. I wasn't annoyed with the characters, the death of their daughter is tragic and I felt for both Charles and Erin. I actually found the story within this story to be the most fascinating thing. A fairy tale with an unhappy ending.

One thing I want to say about the book is that it didn't bore me at least. It was a good book to listen to when I worked and that is a good sign. I kept on wanting to find out the truth about the forest. I would definitely recommend the book if you like modern gothic thrillers. I can see how the right reader will love this book. I just wish that the story had grabbed my attention more than it did.

I want to thank the publisher for providing me with an ecopy through NetGalley for an honest review! ( )
  MaraBlaise | Jul 23, 2022 |
I enjoyed this a lot but couldn’t jump beyond three stars. The prose is excellent but the pace is a little slow and the plot somewhat derivative and predictable. I generally like Bailey’s writing but he seems to be getting lost in a little bit of formula of late. Still he can crank out a real chiller like “Snow” when inspired. His shorter work tends to be his best. ( )
  Gumbywan | Jun 24, 2022 |
A kind of meditation on guilt and loss wrapped in a supernatural covering. Reads almost as some sort of minimalist chamber play. ( )
  Jannes | Aug 30, 2021 |
This was not nearly as exciting as I thought it would be. I found it to be full of cliches, including the "English professor has an affair with a grad student," and "stoic man refuses therapy after tragedy," and would honestly have rather read Erin as the narrator. She gets a lick in toward the end, but it sure doesn't seem like Charles has learned his lesson since he spends so much time flirting with the local history museum curator. I also got to the last few pages and realized very quickly that this was going to wrap up in a totally mundane way ("there's not nearly enough pages left for this to be an interesting ending!"). ( )
  resoundingjoy | Jan 1, 2021 |
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