{"id":18160,"date":"2023-07-24T07:00:34","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T11:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=18160"},"modified":"2023-07-23T22:26:05","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T02:26:05","slug":"review-looking-glass-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-looking-glass-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18161\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-looking-glass-sound\/lookingglasssound\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/lookingglasssound.jpg?fit=658%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"658,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lookingglasssound\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/lookingglasssound.jpg?fit=658%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-18161\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/lookingglasssound.jpg?resize=230%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cover of Looking Glass Sound\" width=\"230\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/lookingglasssound.jpg?resize=230%2C350&amp;ssl=1 230w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/lookingglasssound.jpg?w=658&amp;ssl=1 658w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 85vw, 230px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Looking-Glass-Sound-Catriona-Ward\/dp\/1250860024\/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1689535832&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Tor Nightfire (August 8, 2023)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>352 pages; $25.19 hardcover; $20.53 paperback; $14.99 e-book<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HaleyNewlin22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Haley Newlin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Catriona Ward lures readers with charming coming-of-age humor and strife in her latest novel, <em>Looking Glass Sound<\/em>, reminiscent of Stephen King\u2019s &#8220;The Body.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Those who\u2019ve read Ward\u2019s previous work, <em>Little Eve<\/em> and <em>The Last House on Needless Street<\/em> (favorites of mine), know the loveable and exciting are a facade. And the truth, particularly a harsh one, leaves readers black with poison, bitten by the spider, trapped in her intricate web. Twitching with metaphysical dread, desperate for answers.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In the summer of 1989, sixteen-year-old Wilder and his parents travel to their newly inherited cottage on the Maine Coast, Whistler Bay. Wilder soon meets a rugged and handsome teen, Nathaniel, and a fiery redhead girl, Harper. The three form a bond as timeless as Stephen King\u2019s Losers Club (<em>IT<\/em>), even doing a blood and hemlock bonding \u201cspell\u201d &#8212; \u201cto make the promise last to death and beyond\u201d &#8212; to promise to return to Whistler Bay as adults.<\/p>\n<p>But Whistler Bay wasn\u2019t all summer sun and beach campfires. The town had a serial killer called \u201cThe Dagger Man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The creep even took threatening Polaroid shots of sleeping children. Ward gave me nightmares on some of these descriptions. I immediately recalled real-life murders like Ted Bundy, terrorizing sorority homes, and Netflix\u2019s Dahmer: \u201cRelax. I just wanna take some pictures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Years later, Wilder can&#8217;t shake what happened at Whistler Bay. Can&#8217;t forget about&#8230;the bodies. He wants to write it all out in a memoir titled, <em>The Dagger Man of Whistler Bay<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Witchcraft and hexes.<\/p>\n<p>The friend who wants to steal Wilder\u2019s story.<\/p>\n<p>That sloshing tomb of black water.<\/p>\n<p>The wide mouths of the caves. Ready to swallow him whole.<\/p>\n<p>Wilder\u2019s character reminded me of Charlie of <em>The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, o<\/em>nly a bit more vindictive. But still sheepish and easy to empathize with.<\/p>\n<p><em>Looking Glass Sound<\/em> is one of the most mind-bending and disorienting reading experiences I&#8217;ve ever had. Cronenberg-like visuals and A24-level terror, Ward proves that memory runs deep and how easily longing can become the urge to punish.<\/p>\n<p>Cunning and clever as always, <em>Looking Glass Sound<\/em> is a complex read. At times, it\u2019s intimidating, but it is so worth the work.<\/p>\n<p>My new favorite from Catriona Ward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward Tor Nightfire (August 8, 2023) 352 pages; $25.19 hardcover; $20.53 paperback; $14.99 e-book Reviewed by\u00a0Haley Newlin Catriona Ward lures readers with charming coming-of-age humor and strife in her latest novel, Looking Glass Sound, reminiscent of Stephen King\u2019s &#8220;The Body.&#8221; Those who\u2019ve read Ward\u2019s previous work, Little Eve and The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-looking-glass-sound\/\" class=\"more-link button bg-gold white\">Continue Reading!<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Review: Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[80],"tags":[2499,2299,2986,79],"class_list":["post-18160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-catriona-ward","tag-haley-newlin","tag-looking-glass-sound","tag-reviews"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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