A review by eleanor_rose22
Lost in the Garden by Adam S. Leslie

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

This was such a surreal fever dream that was mostly vibes > plot but I rly enjoyed losing myself in the uncanny Almanby. Setting a folklore style horror in a quaint British village where time and reality bends at each turn makes for a uniquely dreamlike and disorientating read, where it’s impossible to grasp or recall what’s happening, but it rly leaves a  Feeling behind. The writing was equal parts whimsical and unsettling, and it’s best to just lose yourself in it entirely 
BUT you can so clearly tell it’s a white male author writing women, esp lesbian mixed-race Antonia, they didn’t feel fully developed and it felt Off to me and that lets it down a lot