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★★★★★
The dog lives; wasps are kind of creepy
Things I did after reading this book:
1. Gathered all the plastic shopping bags up and put them in the car to recycle
2. Threw out the broken toaster
3. Ordered a motion-sensitive light for the back of the house
4. Talked myself out of putting the mattress over the window
5. Moved the deer skull to the back of the linen closet, behind the winter comforter (don't judge; it was a gift from a friend)
6. Turned on all the lights before I went to bed
This book is the sort of horror that slides under your skin with its sheer mundanity, until you're over the threshold of oddity, into unsettling creepiness and then life-threatening peril. Kingfisher's writing manages to be both clear and straightforward and also a tool that reveals character and establishes a sense of place without apparent effort. And the dog lives.
