REVIEW
A unique short tale that follows a broken family that acquired a cursed doll and a man who seems to be cursed to have these dolls for good.
The overall vibe of te story gives me an eerie feeling similar to a Lovecraftian horror in that it doesn’t give you the in-your-face paranormal. Instead, the author played into a more atmospheric trajectory despite there being an obvious material that causes these supernatural situations.
“There was a reason that she and Lyra no longer attended church on Sunday where the minister preached acceptance and love from his pulpit while the eyes of the congregation burned their judgement into the back of her head.”
In its shortness, you would think that there wouldn’t be any substance with the characters. But, despite not being the strongest, the author was capable to give flesh to the bones of his characters. There’re still obvious reasons as to why they act the way they did and I was impressed with how this was injected in the story.
The plot itself seems to run towards a direction I didn’t expect. I wanted to see and know more about the defining foundation of the book—which, to me, were the dolls—but I didn’t seem to have the luxury of that. In that, I was quite disappointed.
Nonetheless, this book was fun to read. It offered a level of fright that’ll give you the creeps and a certain mystery that’ll keep you from putting the book down.
