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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I’m a pretty big fan of Henry’s retellings. They don’t always stick to the script and stay mostly to the main, mental concepts, and even then, I find them enjoyable. The Horseman is one of those retellings, often pulling more from ideas from Sleepy Hollow rather than retelling the actual plot. The difference between Henry’s other books and this one though is the narration style. Instead of actions being shown to you, most of it is told to you. That form of info-dumping is something I loathe, and this is no exception.
I think my greatest frustration with this was the thought-dumping form of narration that made things feel like they were more or less serious than one would expect. It led me to not understand fully what was going on, and while I understood the twist, I didn’t enjoy it. There is no real pacing to this book that makes sense, and I don’t think I’ll think about it again any time soon.