A review by mk_loisirs
Woodworm by Layla Martínez

dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Told from two seemingly unreliable, yet oddly…reliable? narrators, Martínez’ book packs a creepy punch. I love a good “alive” house story and this one is no exception. It’s a story of two women holding generational trauma and their insatiable house. 

I would go into it blind, as I did for I think it makes a greater impression that way. 

I particularly enjoyed the stream of consciousness type prose that had a lyricism about them. But be warned, there are no quotation marks.