The Low Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado
- tamra bonvillain
- graphic novel
- horror
- dani
- carmen maria machado
- 4 stars
- book reviews
Title: The Low, Low Woods
Author: Carmen Maria Machado, Dani, Tamra Bonvillain
Publisher: DC Black Label 2020
Genre: Comic
Pages: 168
Rating: 4/5 stars
Reading Challenges:
*There’s something in the woods…
Shudder-to-Think, Pennsylvania, has been on fire for years. The woods are full of rabbits with human eyes, a deer woman who stalks hungry girls, and swaths of skinless men. And the people of Shudder-to-Think? Well, they’re not doing so well either.
When El and Octavia wake up in a movie theater with no memory of the last few hours of their lives, the two teenage dirtbags embark on a horrifying journey to uncover the truth about the strange town that they call home.*
We get shades of Silent Hill and the creepy atmosphere from the real-life Centralia mixed with magic and transformation. Horrifying yet poignant look at the treatment of women and memory. I was confused for the first issue or so, trying to get my bearings in this very strange town. And then I started to suspect that not all the occurrences were random. The truth slowly unfolds over the issues to reveal decades-long horrors. I loved the interjection of the witch to give council, but it’s the two main characters that have to made the ultimate choice for everyone. I imagine that I will be thinking about this short comic for awhile after reading.
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