![]() ![]() The ambiguous nature of the stories make them deeply troubling. Through the Woods has five tales with dark twists on fairy tale tropes and traumas. ![]() Before she left for her mother’s house her father told her: “Don’t linger in the woods, travel swift and safe, there are wolves circling in the dark.” There once was a young girl… who lived at the edge of a deep, dense forest. Please keep in mind that this is geared towards teenagers and therefore forgoes some of the more intense themes reserved for adults. The collection has been heralded as a “haunting collection of visual stories, part Stephen King and part Edgar Alan Poe… a special kind of quiet horror (John Hendrix).” While I wouldn’t agree with the King comparison, mostly because I’m really not a Stephen King fan, Carroll’s collection definitely encompasses the “quiet horror” of the unknown. Through the Woods is a chillingly eerie young adult graphic novel short story collection to start getting us all into the Halloween mood – written and illustrated by Emily Carroll. ![]()
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