Starve Acre

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Andrew Michael Hurley: Starve Acre (Hardcover, 2019, John Murray)

243 sivua ; 21 cm, 243 sidor

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Publicerades 2019 av John Murray.

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The worst thing possible has happened. Richard and Juliette Willoughby's son, Ewan, has died suddenly at the age of five. Starve Acre, their house by the moors, was to be full of life, but is now a haunted place. Juliette, convinced Ewan still lives there in some form, seeks the help of the Beacons, a seemingly benevolent group of occultists. Richard, to try and keep the boy out of his mind, has turned his attention to the field opposite the house, where he patiently digs the barren dirt in search of a legendary oak tree.

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Much like with The Loney I love the mood and feel of this. A Place where The Past still lives... or rather doesn't. Of stories with their own lives and myths that still grow if you dig deep enough, and gods help you if you do. A very English horror, the things you've spent generations or even epochs trying to ignore.

I just wish there was more story to it. It feels like it's building to something it never really gets around to. It's all very tweedy and gothic, but... that's it?

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  • Willoughby, Richard (fiktiivinen hahmo)
  • Willoughby, Juliette (fiktiivinen hahmo)