Small Spaces
by Katherine Arden
Taste attributes: familyhorrorfantasymysteryfresh & originalimaginarylinearenclosedemotive & stirringrescue/escape/jeopardyhuman spirit/resilience/survivaltroubled leads
Boxlist takeLarger-than-life and small-scale: a family novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.2 / 5
6 ratings
About This Book
After suffering a tragic loss, eleven-year-old Ollie who only finds solace in books discovers a chilling ghost story about a girl named Beth, the two brothers who loved her, and a peculiar deal made with "the smiling man"—a sinister specter who grants your most tightly held wish, but only for the ultimate price.
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- Author
- Katherine Arden
- Published
- 2018
- Pages
- 224
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- Open Library
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