Mary: An Awakening of Terror

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It’s very interesting to imagine the story taking that form—it feels so perfectly suited to being a novel. Mary doesn't have a lot of memories after her parents died in a fire, but she knows she was bullied and unhappy. I think there was some interesting parts of it (the linkage between Greek mythology and all of that) but it gets buried in this book. There's so much heavy content it really takes its toll on me enough to the point where I feel like I need a nap after reading it.

Like many fans of horror (and really all kinds of genres), I am someone who has topics and themes that really work for her, and other topics and themes that really don’t. It doesn't matter if you're into Stephen King, Octavia Butler, Jack Ketchum or Shirley Jackson, this is the place to share that love and discuss to your heart's content. Originally inspired by Steven King’s Carrie, the author began writing this horror novel when he was just thirteen years old.

or 5 star is that this book is too long and certain issues were drawn out to the point of feeling tedious. Then it sort of peters out and turns into a draggy slow paced festival of weirdness that is too out there even for me. In my case, I get a feeling that I am going to appreciate a book once I begin relating to the characters and to the writing style.

It goes on forever and at times I just gave up trying to work out what was happening to whom and why.Our main character Mary Mudgett is a middle aged woman who feels invisible, who is experiencing perimenopause, and who is pretty alone in the world. On the flip side, it is brought up far too often and with such depth that it did get a bit boring after a while. Edit; so here is my long review and I even wrote a longer one on my blog ( https://proteandepravity. That probably sounds worst than it should, I didn't hate my time with the book I was just mildly bored, the writing wasn't bad but I didn't feel engaged or invested in anything happening. So I ran to NetGalley and grabbed the titles I wanted that way, which works out just as well (and far more compact in terms of storage, really).

How clever, (I thought) to take what is already a difficult transition in a woman's life and turn it into a horror novel.Turning internalized patriarchy/misogyny into a literal possession was a brilliant, well-executed spine for the story.