While this is listed as fantasy or horror or magical realism, it read to me as a kind of fable about ignorance about technology in a kind of lost future. There’s the famous Arthur C Clarke idea about technology “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” And I think that’s at play here. In a village, which feels like a kind of post-apocalyptic (and the kind of fall is not spelled out here) we have healers working with patients to cure them of illnesses. […]

Not really sure what to make of this one! It’s a slow build that’s a bit bizarre, cryptic, and mysterious. I wouldn’t say it was dull (there’s some juicy stuff in there and quite a bit of body horror) but the presentation is almost… blunted? The protagonists’ point of view is a hard one to crack into because of her personality, how she thinks, and how she speaks. Let’s get into it so I can explain. The official synopsis within the jacket of Follow Me […]