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Botanical/eco horror, my beloved 👏
— 19 hours, 23 min ago
"The branches, gnarled and twisted as they are, still reveal the hint of human hands-outstretched towards the sky. "As if drowning," that's how Mom described them back when she was up to describing anything."
Botanical/eco horror, my beloved 👏
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I'm normally an enthusiastic consumer of cannibalism as an allegory for love/hunger/want/whatever, but idk about this one lol
— 10 hours, 25 min ago
"The kiss that unlocked the hunger and drove Varadin to bite the dead flesh off his wife's lips and Ghena to dig her nails deep underneath her husband's skin at the base of his neck and pull the large strips to her mouth where she chewed with gusto and swallowed."
I'm normally an enthusiastic consumer of cannibalism as an allegory for love/hunger/want/whatever, but idk about this one lol
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Aquired this ARC via NetGalley. Might not binge-read this one since it is an anthology.
I'll try, however, to finish it before its publishing date. 👏
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— Jun 19, 2026 06:51AM
I'll try, however, to finish it before its publishing date. 👏
Buddy-read for spoilery updates is live on Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/buddy_r...
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ooooo 👀 although! i need to read THEEEEE hazelthorn first! in this lane, no? i’m also getting botanical horror vibes from it
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bookluvr (semi-ia coz work beating my ass) wrote: "ooooo 👀 although! i need to read THEEEEE hazelthorn first! in this lane, no? i’m also getting botanical horror vibes from it"Hazelthorn first for sure! It's one of my all-time favourites. 💚
The language of knives is an anthology, so I'm unsure what each short story's vibe will be. But the chapter this update was about, 'The Town the Forest Ate', is definitely in that same niche subgenre and has that dark gothic fantasy vibe like Hazelthorn. So I'm hopeful for this read 👏
what is eco horror? intelligent green mold haunting a pile of unwashed dishes in ur sink? thats the image in my head anyhoo lol
Nel wrote: "what is eco horror? intelligent green mold haunting a pile of unwashed dishes in ur sink? thats the image in my head anyhoo lol"HAHHAHAHAH, well that's a whole other horror of its own 😂
Eco-horror is an umbrella term for horror where nature is, in a way, the 'monster'. Think sentient or carnivorous plants, forest animals turned hostile by radiation, gardens demanding blood, nature strikes back plot lines or apocalyptic stuff like The Last of Us, aka a parasitic fungus-based zombie virus.
Though most of the time in eco horror, nature isn't fully regarded as evil/monstrous, but more as a natural response to humanity's destruction of it. More like retaliation/punishment or something. Idk... I hope that makes sense???😅
ohhhhh okok i get it now. the kinda lit where ur rooting for the nature. xD
