Winterset Hollow: A Novel

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A more modest use of introspective analysis and lengthy descriptions would really level up this book.

I imagine Millie didn’t wanna lose her tourism bump,” he offered with a chuckle and a nod toward the diner. From the curious interest the first few lines sparked in me to the gripping tension of the climax, never once did I feel the spell of immersion break. Many of the disparate pieces of Winterset Hollow might seem difficult to take seriously when brought together in ordinary circumstances, and yet through unwavering commitment to his bizarrely clever premise, a deft balance of the contrasting elements and tones, and a great deal of good old-fashioned talent, Durham manages a remarkable level of depth, impact, and believability. He was shy of six feet tall and cursed with thick locks of red hair that he was careful to keep short enough not to be a bother, and though he was scrawny and sinewy and unassuming, that by no means meant he wasn’t capable.

I borrowed it for free on Kindle and immediately purchased the physical copy after, because I loved it so much. A uniquely original debut novel by Jonathan Edward Durham, Winterset Hollow is a fantasy-gone-mad that seamlessly blends horror and dark humor in a tale of unrelenting vengeance.

Mark turned to him with the blankest of expressions hanging from his face and said only, “Have we met? In the case of Winterset Hollow, you might run because the dark truth behind a beloved classic could be your undoing. It made him happy to see them happy, and it made him feel a little less existentially tortured to see such incongruity in this world seem so natural and so inarguably correct.Jonathan does a fantastic job of setting up the arrival to the island and really brings this book within a book alive. The Lettered edition is limited to 26 copies and is half goatskin leather binding with marbled paper sides, hand marbled for this edition by Emily Romero. That night, Eamon sat on the bare floor of his apartment and read his new rag cover to cover under the watch of four stark white and empty walls. Actually, now that you mention it, I don’t even see any signs or anything,” pondered Eamon, looking around for any indication that they were even in the right place to begin with.