A review by curiousnoel
Fellside by M.R. Carey

5.0

I chowed through this book like popcorn, thanks to the story constantly plunging forward into thicker and thicker plot. The speculative side of the story is minimal for much of it (think "Orange is the New Black" plus a ghost now and then) but I was still super absorbed. Towards the end, though, the speculative element veers into REALLY COOL, really surreal territory. I got "Annihilation" vibes from it. I can't decide if I wish there was more of that throughout the book, or if its appearance at the end made it stronger for not having been drawn out. There are definitely some imperfections (including a certain revelation that at first made me go "WOW" and then go "Wait, how?"), and I didn't always love the prose, but I'm giving it 5 stars for how much it gripped me.