Grey Dog

Grey Dog lulls you into a sense of security with its opening chapters, a first person narrative of an unwed woman on her way to a new teaching position. Shades of Jane Eyre come to mind but instead of learning of a madwoman in an attic, we experience the madness brought onto Ada from within her narrative.

Gish weaves folk horror with an unfortunately timeless story of the demands put upon and expectations of women by society into a tale from the point of view of a main character who incites pity and disgust from the other characters and from us, even while we care for her and empathize with her.

A quick read that is likely to stay with me for a long time.

Thank you to NetGalley and ECW Press for the advance copy in exchange for my honest review. Pub. date: 4/9/24

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