I could see how someone could connect this book with Midsommar, but I think that's not giving this book enough credit. I enjoyed both Midsommar and this book and can see the differences as well. It had a great deal of interesting characters and I could see these characters being in real life. I felt bad for the majority of them. The atmosphere was tense and dark just like I want in a horror novel.

"The blood darkening the earthen floor.Everything is so still. Silence. Light trickles down through the floorboards: she left the front door open. What does it matter? No one else is around. No one randomly comes to this farm. There’s no farm stand for a reason."

I absolutely refuse to keep reading this after the first chapter.

I’m going to rate it low because I am appalled.

Did no one edit this at all?

“ Someone severely damaged, that’s who. Someone dangerously broken. Plus he was dark skinned, Hispanic looking. He could be from anywhere. He might even be Arab. Who knew what he’d done that he supposedly couldn’t remember.”

HOW DID THIS GET PAST EDITING

Dark skinned? A negative connotation being implied because he is dangerous?

It’s also so offensive to mental health. The loony bin ? Next page, this is used. Schizophrenia is used as a way to imply Jo’s mom was wild for running away with someone with this. My mom is schizophrenic and it isn’t a trend or a fun quip to describe a rebellious trait. This is insanely offensive.