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The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister
4.0
dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated

A very interesting read. This premise is a bit bonkers and I like that. This was a book club book! Someone suggested it and we all became intrigued. 

Gothic vibes throughout, no one is really having a good time at any point in this book. Some magical realism aspects!! 

I think the ending was satisfying. Oops, already forgetting the siblings names. Nora and... her brother... that went into the bog with their mother made sense. They were never happy where they were but would never have been able to acclimate to the real world. The bog is their haven. Charlie definitely went off to go better shit away from that bog. Hopefully wherever he is living doesn't have any other  trees potentially to fall on him. The sisters staying at the house is suspect for me because that house will continue to wither, no? The trees are asking to fall and the house is all but destroyed? Also Eda just having a random baby is wild!!!


Cool read and something that is outside my usual rotation!