The Hollow Places - by T. Kingfisher
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horror_of_horrorsI recently read The Hollow Places with a friend, and wow! What a chilling novel!
There are a few in-book references to The Wood between Worlds from The Chronicles of Narnia, to give a little reference of what to expect, but it's a cosmic horror that follows two characters - Kara and Simon - as they investigate a mysterious hallway that seems to be hidden behind the wall of Kara's Uncle's Curiosity Museum.
My first T. Kingfisher book was What Moves the Dead (kind of inspired by Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher, but with mushrooms), and that was a very fun book, but this one really took me off-guard! T. Kingfisher brings a fresh and modern sense of humor (if you are a fanfic reader/writer, you'll get more than a few references made by Kara throughout) that contrasts strikingly with the existential dread of a world and things that aren't understandable to the main characters.
I highly recommend!
There are a few in-book references to The Wood between Worlds from The Chronicles of Narnia, to give a little reference of what to expect, but it's a cosmic horror that follows two characters - Kara and Simon - as they investigate a mysterious hallway that seems to be hidden behind the wall of Kara's Uncle's Curiosity Museum.
My first T. Kingfisher book was What Moves the Dead (kind of inspired by Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher, but with mushrooms), and that was a very fun book, but this one really took me off-guard! T. Kingfisher brings a fresh and modern sense of humor (if you are a fanfic reader/writer, you'll get more than a few references made by Kara throughout) that contrasts strikingly with the existential dread of a world and things that aren't understandable to the main characters.
I highly recommend!
