Wylding Hall

Wylding Hall

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This Shirley Jackson Award–winning novel is “a true surreal phantasmagoria . . . [a] gothic supernatural” horror story set in the decadent world of British rock (Chelsea Quinn Yarbro). When the young members of a British acid-folk band are compelled by their manager to record their unique music, they hole up at Wylding Hall, an ancient country house with dark secrets. There they create the album that will make their reputation, but at a terrifying cost: Julian Blake, the group’s lead singer, disappears within the mansion and is never seen or heard from again. Now, years later, the surviving musicians, along with their friends and lovers—including a psychic, a photographer, and the band’s manager—meet with a young documentary filmmaker to tell their own versions of what happened that summer. But whose story is true? And what really happened to Julian Blake?

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This is part spooky ghost story and part exploration of the dynamics within a band. I think all the interpersonal stuff was great. The characters and their relationship felt real (the interview style helped with that) and I just enjoyed the sweet moments as well as the tense ones. I think some moments were magical and maybe memorable. There's noticeable love for the music and everyone's an individual. The spooky stuff is hinted at from the beginning, but it's not actually in that many chapters. I like that it's quite subtle and feels like one of the classic ghost stories, where it takes some time to get to the supernatural elements and there isn't any action, it's a lot about atmosphere. Still, I wish there was a little more, there was so much you could do with it. The book had the perfect length for the story it wanted to tell and it was an interesting experience.

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This is like a haunted version of Daisy Jones & the Six - a band in the 60/70s, a story told through interviews, sex, drugs and rock'n roll (or folk, in this case)

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