Book Review: The Graceview Patient
November 27, 2025
Starling’s prose dances between poetry and splatter film, with dreamlike sequences of hallucinations before slamming Margaret back to her bed.
Starling’s prose dances between poetry and splatter film, with dreamlike sequences of hallucinations before slamming Margaret back to her bed.
I read this book out of the morbid curiosity and was violently pulled into the tragic tale of the Dollanganger siblings.
A Gothic horror in the footsteps of Mary Shelley and Robert Louis Stevenson, this book creeps under your skin and lingers there for days.
Simultaneously a biography, an inside story of the manga industry and a look at how Junji Ito creates his stories, this is a fascinating read.
This little book is so atmospheric and vivid you can practically taste the sweat and smoke of all the blood-soaked dive bars.
A fascinating story of poverty, power and desperation, read in easily digestible chunks. This is one of my favourite horror stories ever!
Eerie, atmospheric and lyrical. An intense romance and an endless stream of horrifying creatures coming from the forest every night.
Switching between the Old Woman’s present as she haunts a young man and her past, we get to see her slow and steady descent into villainy.
A fun, deeply bizarre, gory read. This wild ride will keep you guessing and giggling the whole way through – I loved it!
It doesn’t take itself too seriously and, like the best horror films, it ends abruptly and bizarrely, with potential for a sequel.
A House with Good Bones perfectly encapsulates the liminal feeling of returning to a rural town, mixed with the unsettling feelings of fear and self-doubt
It’s well written with compelling characters and a gripping plot. Don’t judge a book by its terrible movie adaptation!
A creepy novel with perfectly crafted suspense, characters that feel real and a monster that feels straight out of a classic horror film
This slow-burn story delicately crafts suspense and perfectly maintains the terror of the unknown that the horror genre is known for.
A dark and delicious retelling of Dracula’s wives. Constanta’s undead life revolves around her mysterious saviour.