Spooky and beautiful, a grand combination. The disturbed stories remind me of Gorey, actually, and some of the artwork-rings of shade blackened around haunted eyes-as well. This is the kind of book you should read to a vaguely odd child, like one of the children in Edward Gorey’s books. …and you must be lucky to avoid the wolf every time…But the wolf… …the wolf only needs enough luck to find you ONCE.” If there’s anything that summons the existential dread of my life, it’s that one scene. “Oh, but you must travel through those woods again & again…said a shadow at the window. Safe in bed, she thinks, “What a fine night! What a good walk! I knew the wolf wouldn’t find me!” Through the window white sightless eyes and feral fangs look in. The little girl walks through the dark, looming woods on the way home. Red Riding Hood is summoned up, most directly in the conclusion. They all seem to be set in the past, such as the 18th or 19th century or the 1920s. The stories are constructed like small, scary fairy tales. There isn’t much dialogue, but what there is lends itself to the feeling that something is not quite right, until it blooms to the surface. These are fairy tales gone seriously wrong, where you can travel to Our Neighbor’s Housethough coming back might be a problem. Each story is a sort of brushstroke of terror. Journey through the woods in this sinister, compellingly spooky collection that features four brand-new stories and one phenomenally popular tale in print for the first time. The woods are featured prominently, full of unknown horrors. The ink paintings are dominated by black and red, but faded watercolors are also used to create shaded figures and landscapes. Through the Woods is a graphic novel made up of five scary stories, an introduction, and a conclusion. In addition to the many short online comics found at her website, her work has been featured in numerous print anthologies. (New York Times Book Review) About the Author Emily Carroll was born in London, Ontario, in June of 1983. Now that I’ve read the book, I read Malin’s whole review, and it’s amazing. 'Through the Woods is, in every sense of the word, thrilling. I started Malin’s review and immediately knew the book was for me. Such was the case for Emily Carroll’s collection of graphic short stories Through the Woods. Sometimes I start to read a Cannonball review and stop a paragraph in, because I know I want to read the book and I don’t want to spoil anything, so I run off and buy the book, the review half-read.
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