From the Bookshelf of Horror Reading Challenge…

Through the Woods

Emily Carroll

Start date: September 1, 2016

Finish date: September 30, 2016

Discussion: Group Reads

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September 2016 Group Read: Through the Woods
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Feb 07, 2015 Ronyell rated it it was amazing

Shelves: strong-heroine, fantasy, my-blog-reviews, fairy-tales-folktales, graphic-novels-comics, creepy-ending, modern-age-comics, best-of-2015, read-in-2015, emily-carroll

Introduction:

Now, you know that whenever you read fairy tales and folktales that have a “dark and spooky” forest in the plot, you are in for some serious horror (as “Little Red Riding Hood” has shown and lo and behold, there is a story similar to “Little Red Riding Hood” in this graphic novel)! Well, the new graphic novel “Through the Woods” by Emily Carroll will definitely show you the true meaning of horror when it comes to going through the dark and spooky woods!

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Apr 30, 2019 Zezee rated it really liked it

Shelves: illustrated-books, horror

Through the Woods is a YA horror graphic novel that contains five “mysterious, spine-tingling” fairytale-esque short stories about “journeys into (and out of?) the eerie abyss.”

My thoughts:

Despite being told that these stories are horror and would be best read around Halloween, I was still surprised at how creepy they were. I thought since this is a graphic novel and illustrations are provided, it would be hard to recreate the suspense and mysteriousness inherent in horror stories that help to m ...more

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Feb 17, 2015 Barb (Boxermommyreads) rated it liked it

Shelves: 2015

I have wanted to get my hands on this for quite some time so I was thrilled to learn my library had recently purchased it. I was in between Kindle chargings late one night so I picked this up and devoured it in one sitting.

Through the Woods is a graphic novel collection of 5 stories. The stories are dark, dreary and scary, and while I enjoyed the book, I was left wanting something more. The artwork is harsh and stark, which works well with the scary tales. It is primarily done in black, white an ...more

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