The Hill of Dreams
by Arthur Machen
Taste attributes: dramahorrorpsychologicalfantasyslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyemotive & stirringself destruction/implosiontroubled leads
Boxlist takeUnsavoury and inventive: a heavy novel, slow-burning rather than fast. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.7 / 5
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About This Book
Lucian Taylor is damned, either through contact with an erotically pagan faerie world or through something degenerate in his own nature. He thinks of the damning thing inside him as a faun. He becomes a writer, and when he moves to London he becomes trapped by the increasing reality of the dark imaginings of this creature within him, which become increasingly real.
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- Author
- Arthur Machen
- Published
- 1907
- Pages
- 176
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- Open Library
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