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sonygaystation's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Gun violence and Grief
Minor: Animal death and Cursing
redplanetreads's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Favorite Female Character: Wren Warren
Favorite Male Character: Derek Pewter-Flores
Notable Quote: “No one was coming. No one was ever coming to help us.”
This book was great! I haven’t read much horror, but this was a fantastic way to start. Small-town romance and mystery meets magical realism in a brilliant clash of relatable, detailed writing. The characters feel like real people, and the setting could be a place just down the road. Overall, an amazing read. Congratulations to the author on her debut novel.
Favorite Male Character: Derek Pewter-Flores
Notable Quote: “No one was coming. No one was ever coming to help us.”
This book was great! I haven’t read much horror, but this was a fantastic way to start. Small-town romance and mystery meets magical realism in a brilliant clash of relatable, detailed writing. The characters feel like real people, and the setting could be a place just down the road. Overall, an amazing read. Congratulations to the author on her debut novel.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
devynreadsnovels's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, and Blood
Moderate: Death, Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
svjak's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Think zombies, but with quicksilver seeping out of their body, mold growing on their nails, irises turning cloudy white, and a calling home to the forest during the day. At night they come out to hunt and you better be careful - the infected aren't the only way to catch it. The entire land is covered with the blight.
SO MUCH of this book hinges on atmospheric storytelling and world building - Ann Fraistat didn't disappoint. I was pulled into this story from page one. The way she tells a story - man idk. I got so many spooky, creepy, horror story vibes from this novel. It would be a perfect autumn/october mood read. I know this isn't proper horror but it gave me the same feel I got from novels like Bird Box. Fraistat mastered the art of giving the reader that eerie 'someone's watching me' feeling and even now a few hours after finishing the novel I can't shake it.
Not only was the general vibe of the book amazing, but I loved the character dynamics. Wren was a dreamer and a fighter all at the same time. She had an idyllic naïvety about her that made you want to root for her and yet anytime she was cornered the claws came out and you got to see what she was really made of.
This book deeply explores themes of sacrifice, right and wrong, revenge, dark family secrets, the power of bonds with animals, and taking care of the people we love. At times it was heart wrenchingly sad and a few pages down the road I would be laughing or giggling over a cute moment.
I so desperately want more that it's almost a new heartbreak post-novel to realize it was a standalone and this was the author's debut novel. I'm just absolutely blown away.
SO MUCH of this book hinges on atmospheric storytelling and world building - Ann Fraistat didn't disappoint. I was pulled into this story from page one. The way she tells a story - man idk. I got so many spooky, creepy, horror story vibes from this novel. It would be a perfect autumn/october mood read. I know this isn't proper horror but it gave me the same feel I got from novels like Bird Box. Fraistat mastered the art of giving the reader that eerie 'someone's watching me' feeling and even now a few hours after finishing the novel I can't shake it.
Not only was the general vibe of the book amazing, but I loved the character dynamics. Wren was a dreamer and a fighter all at the same time. She had an idyllic naïvety about her that made you want to root for her and yet anytime she was cornered the claws came out and you got to see what she was really made of.
This book deeply explores themes of sacrifice, right and wrong, revenge, dark family secrets, the power of bonds with animals, and taking care of the people we love. At times it was heart wrenchingly sad and a few pages down the road I would be laughing or giggling over a cute moment.
I so desperately want more that it's almost a new heartbreak post-novel to realize it was a standalone and this was the author's debut novel. I'm just absolutely blown away.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Grief
Minor: Murder
There is a lot of body horror, blood, death, gore, grief, and violence. I added a warning for murder because although no people end up dying of murder, there are several points in the book where you almost think that's the case. There is also one murder mentioned that happened in the past. There is a lot of animal death, but no animals that are pets or are close to the main characters.hollyk's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
For Wren Warren, her family's farm is her entire life. The literal rainbow of waves of grain that earned the farm its name, Rainbow Fields, are an amazing natural feat. Some might say supernatural. And with a blight ravaging the four founding family farms (say that five times fast), no farm is safe. When Wren notices the blight beginning to spread to her family's farm, she calls the only person she can--Derek, her ex. Unresolved feelings, forced proximity, and exposed secrets abound. Now, Wren and Derek (along with his family) have to fight to survive as the last people who haven't succumbed to the brutal blight.
Not many books distress me anymore; like in a clutching frantically onto my cat and mom in a "if I was in this situation I would simply *pass away*" sort of way. This book. This book right here is a horror novel in a small town where nothing is quite as it seems. It's giving what Small Favors was supposed to give. It had me stressed. I'm pretty sure I was more stressed about this book than I was for some of my college classes lol. I would highly recommend this book, it's perfect for spooky season, especially September!
Not many books distress me anymore; like in a clutching frantically onto my cat and mom in a "if I was in this situation I would simply *pass away*" sort of way. This book. This book right here is a horror novel in a small town where nothing is quite as it seems. It's giving what Small Favors was supposed to give. It had me stressed. I'm pretty sure I was more stressed about this book than I was for some of my college classes lol. I would highly recommend this book, it's perfect for spooky season, especially September!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty
Minor: Animal death
rikkia's review
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cursing, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Body horror, and Gore
enchantressreads's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
What good is a legacy when it’s always been a lie?
Wren is the latest Warren in a long line of farmers. The Warrens are one of four founding families of miracle farms in Hollow’s End. Between rainbow wheat and glowing melons, visitors flock to the town for the sparkling fruits with the mysterious health benefits.
That is, until a quicksilver blight puts the entire town into quarantine. It’s taken over not only their farms, but their livestock, and even their people. They change. They turn into zombies intent on only feeding the blight.
Wren teams up with ex-boyfriend Derek to figure out all the secrets of the farm in order to save their lives.
I’m a big fan of cult stories, small towns, and secrets. What We Harvest had all three. There were even a few bonuses: the horror was much more than what I expected from a young adult book.
I loved watching the entire story of the farms unfold. Unfortunately for me, I had figured out the end of the story and the twists pretty early. I’m not all that mad about it though—I enjoyed it! I can’t wait to see what else Ann Fraistat has to offer.
Thank you to NetGalley and Delacorte Press for this advanced review copy! What We Harvest releases on March 22nd.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Gore
Moderate: Body horror and Blood
Minor: Vomit
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