![]() ![]() Logan takes the things we’re told by society to aim for – the gorgeous home, the perfect family, the successful life – and spins our apprehensions about them into what reads like a series of fever dreams, as though she has literally documented her nightmares in the form of a dream diary. ![]() ![]() Namely, the domestic fears of everyday life – particularly those that haunt young women. The stories themselves are mostly contemporary, but there’s a timeless quality to the themes being explored. Some of these disturbing tableaus are sure to linger in the mind. Logan’s prose is always readable, but it’s punctuated by moments of linguistic beauty, with vivid and evocative imagery peppered throughout. There are definitely lots of things to admire here. I fear that was the case for me with Logan’s Things We Say in the Dark, a collection of feminist horror stories that was easily one of my most anticipated releases of the year. Sometimes a book sounds so tailored towards your taste that it could never possibly live up to your sky-high hopes. Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan ![]()
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