The Hollow Places by T.Kingfisher

 

I received The Hollow Places by T. KingFisher from NetGalley in return for an honest review.

I rated The Hollow Places 4 out of 5 pages. I was drawn to this book because of the eerie cover page as well as the menacing description of the book.

The reader is introduced to Kara “Carrot” and her fond love of her Uncle Earl who owns an oddities museum. As a young girl, Carrot loved to get lost in the museum, calling it home and adopting some of the taxidermy as her pets. Now an adult, Carrot finds herself living in the museum following a divorce and managing some day to day operations for her uncle.

Carrot’s life however is rapidly turned upside down upon finding a hole in the wall of the museum, along with her sidekick Simon (who I could picture as a Russell Brand-esque person). This hole leads them on an adventure they could’ve never expected to another world, another dimension quite like anything they have ever seen.

This book was jam packed with mystery, creepiness, and vividness. T. Kingfisher had a way in crafting an environment to be both beautiful and menacing. The willows play a major role in the story line and the author brings them to life as their own characters in a way. The overwhelming dread the reader is faced with as Simon and Carrot explore the unknown left goosebumps as I read and lead to some pretty rough dreams after reading before bed. That is what I hoped for though, a book that caused a response.

The unknown as the predators throughout this book and the mind/psychological aspect the unknown played on the characters offered a scary element. The descriptions throughout the book of various elements of the new world discovered were enough to invoke images of doom, dread, and something right out of a horror movie.

I would highly recommend this book for those who are lovers of H.P. Lovecraft!