Classic_Monolith reviewed Small spaces by Katherine Arden
Review of 'Small spaces' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
A 'scary' young adult book, with a flawed prodigy, traveling between worlds, and grappling with personal grief.
library binding, 290 pages
Published June 12, 2019 by Thorndike Press Large Print.
"After eleven-year-old Ollie's school bus mysteriously breaks down on a field trip, she has to take a trip through scary woods, and must use all of her wits to survive. She must stick to small spaces"--
A 'scary' young adult book, with a flawed prodigy, traveling between worlds, and grappling with personal grief.
Fun little middle school horror novel, which I probably would have devoured as a kid.
It wasn't as enjoyable to me as a grown up as for example The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In a Ship of Her Own Making or Nevermoor and Wundersmith but I think it's quite good for the actual target group.
I've heard that reading horror can help with anxiety (Though I think the person who mentioned that had grown-up horror books in mind) and I have to admit, reading this was one of the most "Relaxing" reads I've had in a long time. I didn't get super terrified (note that I finished it over the course of two days and not one) and I think I'm starting to get a taste for horror.
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