Where Do These Mothers Go?
I don't read this type of adult fiction, but it had the feeling of magical realism, so I decided to read it anyway. The fantastical element of this story is the way mothers, and only mothers, of this isolated mountain town would vanish into thin air. The narrator, a first-person POV, Vera tells us how she grew up in this town and the explicit details of the lives of the people who live there (some details were too perverse as if she's been spying on them to know this is what they do at home including the blood-drinking of their husbands???). Then a "stranger" come to their town, and everyone is excited, yet cautious around her, and Vera feels like she's intruding in their lives.
Unfortunately, this book isn't my cup of tea and I won't be reading it further. The premise is intriguing, and like Shirley Jackson's The Lottery, it holds a cult-like horror factor, though from what I've read of this story, it's nowhere near as intriguing enough for me to continue reading.
I do want to point out that the cover is misleading (unless there's some great bonfire later in the story) and the artwork makes it seem like a children's book when it isn't. So, not a fan of the cover or the story.
Unfortunately, this book isn't my cup of tea and I won't be reading it further. The premise is intriguing, and like Shirley Jackson's The Lottery, it holds a cult-like horror factor, though from what I've read of this story, it's nowhere near as intriguing enough for me to continue reading.
I do want to point out that the cover is misleading (unless there's some great bonfire later in the story) and the artwork makes it seem like a children's book when it isn't. So, not a fan of the cover or the story.