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    And the Trees Crept In

    Written by Dawn Kurtagich

    Narrated by Polly Lee

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    A stunning, terrifying novel about a house the color of blood and the two sisters who are trapped there, by The Dead House author Dawn Kurtagich.

    When Silla and Nori arrive at their aunt's home, it's immediately clear that the "blood manor" is cursed. The creaking of the house and the stillness of the woods surrounding them would be enough of a sign, but there are secrets too – the questions that Silla can't ignore: Who is the beautiful boy that's appeared from the woods? Who is the man that her little sister sees, but no one else? And why does it seem that, ever since they arrived, the trees have been creeping closer?

    Filled with just as many twists and turns as The Dead House, and with achingly beautiful, chilling language that delivers haunting scenes, And the Trees Crept In is the perfect follow-up novel for master horror writer Dawn Kurtagich.

    A Hachette Audio production.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateSep 6, 2016
    ISBN9781478912804
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    • 1/5
      I really wanted to like this novel. But I didn't. At least, not as much as I had hoped. Let me begin with the positives:

      1. I liked the descriptive aspects of the story because they definitely added a creepy factor that was enjoyable. When you are reading a horror story, you are looking for that perfect creepy setting, and the author definitely delivered on that count!
      2. I liked Nori's character. She was full of innocence and she was adorable to read about. I only wish there had been more to her. The story was told mostly in the perspective of Silla but there were a few times when Nori would speak, and I wish there were more instances of that because whatever Nori said always intrigued me!
      3. The Creeper Man stuff!!!!! I liked when Cath would talk about the creeper man and how everything went wrong. I liked how Silla could feel his presence. This was decidedly the creepiest (and best!) part of this story!

      Now, let me talk about the negatives:

      1. The inclusion of diary entries. I usually love when authors do this. But in the case of this novel, it didn't serve its purpose - unless the purpose was to be really confusing! I didn't see the point of those entries at all, and even when everything started to make sense, they didn't really do that much to the overall story.
      2. Silla's character. It was really hard to connect with her or to even understand her. I'm sure the author wanted her to be an enigma of sorts but it was a bit much, and she just made me feel so bewildered. Half the time I'm wondering why she can't just do what makes the most common sense. The other half I'm trying (and failing) to understand her reasoning behind not doing that which makes the most sense. I just didn't like her.
      3. The romance.... it was really fake and really came out of the blue and just was not developed. It was also really cringe-worthy.
      4. The actual plot. I thought this novel would go in a more dramatic direction but it ended up just leaving me feeling cheated of a really scary experience. While the author managed to tie everything together(ish), it all felt unnecessary. Honestly, there didn't need to be so much of a buildup for that ending.

      While this novel didn't work for me, that doesn't mean it's necessarily a bad one. Many people liked the story and there are loads of positive reviews. For me, this novel didn't deliver on the creepiness and left me wanting something more ... horror-y.
    • 4/5
      Kurtagich has a talent for writing creepy passages, which makes for a fast and interesting read when paired with the stylized and somewhat frantic design of this book. It is somewhat heavy-handed and predictable, but it's also sort of wonderfully haunting when absorbed in huge chunks; essentially, it reads like a book which is meant to be absorbed and taken in through images and impressions, more than a single narrative or even a number of narratives. I have a feeling that, had I really slowed down and tried to understand and take in every piece of this, passage by passage, I wouldn't have enjoyed it. There's a lot of confusion that gets in the way of particular moments, as well as a fair bit of repetition, but as a fast and wandering read... well, I found it worthwhile despite those downfalls, and I'm rather glad to have stumbled upon it.If you want something creepy to sink into, and you don't mind a bit of heavy-handedness when it comes to structure and impression or experimentation, this might be worth your looking it up.
    • 4/5
      Bizarre on so many levels.....but a good story.
    • 3/5
      What makes a good gothic horror story? There are many things that need to come together to really make a horror story a gothic one. You usually need a protagonist who is female, though really this isn’t a hard and fast rule anymore. It was just a very common protagonist type back in the Victorian era when these stories were super popular and remain classics. You also need a house or place of action that is isolated and generally creepy in ambiance, like a manor house or a hospital. And there usually has to be a question of what or who is actually causing the conflict of the story: is it something otherworldly, or is it just our poor isolated protagonist losing a grip on reality. “And the Trees Crept In” by Dawn Kurtagich is a pretty good representation of the gothic horror genre, and since it’s written for teens who may be more interested in something that’s more in your face than filled with nuance, I think that it’s a breath of fresh air, YA literary world wise. You have Silla and Nori, two sisters who have fled their abusive home life to live with their Aunt Cath, whose large blood red manor house is in the middle of a forest. From the get go things are strange for the sisters. There’s no technology in the house to be seen, Aunt Cath is both very happy to have them but filled with anxiety, and house seems to be in all kinds of disrepair. Soon Aunt Cath has locked herself in the attic and the trees in the woods seem to get closer and closer to the house. “I am ON BOARD!” I crowed to myself as I started this book, and given that there was talk of a Slenderman-like creepy thing in the woods (super tall, no eyes, huuuuge grin), I was even more elated to devour this book.But then…. It became really weird, really fast.While the Gothic genre is certainly supposed to be about isolation and questions of sanity, “And the Trees Crept In” kind of took it a little too far and into a realm that was beyond cohesive and more muddled. The story is told mostly from Silla’s point of view, though sometimes Nori’s random scribbles and notes do get some play as well. But mostly it’s a first person narrative from Silla, and diary entries from Silla, which lends perfectly to an unreliable narrator device. However, as Silla’s diary entries go on, they become more and more unclear as to what exactly is going on, just as her narration starts to fall to pieces as well. Normally this is fine in this genre, but I feel that Kurtagich almost took it too far, as by the time we got to the end of the book I was just lost and more frustrated than not. Writing a well done and believable descent into madness is hard to do, to be sure, and while a valiant effort was made here, it didn’t totally work. That being said, everything does eventually get explained in a narrative moment given by Silla’s love interest Gowan. While I appreciated that explanation was given, and while it did TOTALLY make sense, I think that it shouldn’t take a literal monologue of rundown and explanation to achieve that. And on TOP of that, there is a HUGE random twist at the end that just came completely out of left field! That was strange and I didn’t know how to feel about it. There wasn’t really any reason for it to go on top of the other twist that was revealed.And let’s talk about Gowan and Silla a little bit. Silla’s characterization of a girl who is possibly losing her mind made it very hard for me to be like ‘oh yes, Silla and Gowan FOREVER’. While Gowan does serve a purpose in terms of wrapping things up for us readers in a tight little bow, I don’t quite buy into the romance that these two are supposed to have. I mean, after all is said and done I GET it, but I still don’t quite buy it. There wasn’t enough there before the end to make me really feel all that invested in it. I was far more interested in Silla’s relationship with her little sister Nori. The dynamic was not only interesting because of the age difference (Silla was ten when Nori was born and has always felt like a second mother to her), but because of the fact that Nori is mute. They can communicate with each other, and they have a strong love and bond through their clandestine communication, which gave a more desperate dynamic to both of them. In one sense it makes Silla more desperate to protect her since she seems to have that added layer of vulnerability, but it also makes a tension bubble up because Silla has a harder and harder time having her only company (outside of Gowan’s intermittent visits) be someone who has no voice and is different from her. And Nori’s fascination with the strange being in the woods adds even more tension still. I am admittedly pretty ignorant when it comes to what it is like to be a mute person, but I feel that Nori was portrayed in a sensitive manner.At the end of the day, I did enjoy this confusing gothic tale of terror. I think that it definitely could have been a bit less convoluted while still maintaining it’s gothic aura. I would tell readers that it does all make sense. You just have to be willing to wait for it.
    • 3/5
      For those of you who like horror, here is a book for you.The novel begins with three sisters stitching a doll together in the woods, saying words over the doll, and then getting bored and going on their way. Skip forward several years and two sisters arrive at the family home, La Baume, where only one of the original sisters lives, Cathy. The two sisters have run from their abusive father and seek shelter with their aunt. They’ve always heard that their Aunt Cathy was crazy, but they have no choice. Besides, Silla has always been fascinated by the stories of the family home and feels drawn to it.Upon arrival, they find a very large home with a surprised Aunt. Cathy makes a cryptic comment that he won’t let them leave. For a time, all is well until one day Cathy goes upstairs into the attic and never comes out again. Silla and her sister Nori hear Cathy’s footsteps constantly and eventually her screams. Despite their best efforts, the garden dries up and food becomes scarce, so now the girls are starving. They can’t leave. It’s too dangerous to go through the forest. He will be there and he won’t let them leave. A mysterious boy arrives who comes and goes through the forest and brings them apples. He seems unfazed by everything. Silla wonders if she can trust him, but she enjoys his company. It’s been lonely at the house. As the food continues to diminish and the only light is Gowan, the girls are trapped. Every day the trees get closer to the house, so the forest is coming for them. Any escape seems impossible.I read some other reviews on this novel because I do not like the horror genre. I needed to see if this was considered a good example. One review stuck in my mind--she said that she never knew who to trust and constantly questioned what the truth was. For me, I found the novel choppy, which definitely made me question what was really happening and question the trustworthiness of each character. I find horror to be slow. They’re in a creepy house, the trees are getting closer. This is the suspense. It doesn’t work for me. I will say that the reviews were pretty good on Goodreads. I would put it as a very average horror novel where I didn’t find the ending particularly shocking or interesting.
    • 1/5
      DNF. The writing was really disjointed - I realise it was for effect but it made it difficult for me to concentrate - and I couldn't relate to any of the characters enough to keep me engaged.
    • 3/5
      This would have made a better movie… but since it’s a book…I have to say that it’s a lot to be taken in. I love horror movies and ghost stories as most of you know. The fun thing for me about reading rather than watching is being able to put my own mental movie together with the help of the author’s words…this one was difficult to do that with. I have to give it high marks for being creepy and it had the ability to give the reader the feeling of “wrongness” long after the final page. The main thing that was “wrong” about it at least for me… was the lack of real development of the characters. So much went into the development of the “Creeper Man”, who was a great character…that the girls and their aunt became “second class citizens” of the storyline. The actions of the girls made them seem so much younger than they were supposed to be and the ending was…well, just an ending. The way it was done was almost nonsensical. I don’t think anyone that is a true horror fan is going to be enthralled with it...However If you just want a few hours of being scared…this will do that for you.
    • 4/5
      oh my goodness. that was intense.
    • 5/5
      This book... it was weird. That said, it was also really good. I loved the way the author wrote it with different fonts and different sizes for the fonts. She even had some pages that looked like they were on a scratch piece of paper or inside of a book. There were times when she had the text going down in a certain way or spaced out to emphasize whatever was going on in that point. It was different from any other kind of book I've read and I loved it.
      The story itself was pretty great too. It was bazaar with the trees coming closer and just everything was going on. It left you guessing as to what was happening and why. I didn't really have time for theories because I devoured this book. It was a surprisingly quick read and I read the first half before my shift at work the day I started it. Then today when I finished it, I read the last half and had less time then the day before to even read it. It's a normal sized book and I normally spend a few days reading that size when I have work. I dunno what was different but it was such a good book. I oddly didn't have trouble putting it down but I also just wanted to pick it back up and find out what happened.
      The ending was a huge surprise. I thought for sure it would all be a dream and Silla would wake up either back in the manor or at home and everything would be normal. That was far from the truth. But the way she ended the book was brilliant. I don't think anyone could have seen it coming.
      Gowan was my favorite. I didn't trust him at first and thought he was part of all the weird things going on. But as the book went on, I forgot all about that and he quickly became my favorite character. Some things happened and I doubted him again. But he still remains my favorite. He was so caring and so sweet.
      Overall, this book was crazy but I loved it.