Review: Through the Woods

Through the Woods by Emily Carroll
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Through The Woods is beautiful. Let’s start there. It is absolutely gorgeous. The art is very stylistic, impactful and fit the stories really well. I loved the way the text danced around the pages and the sharp contrasts.

The stories are tied together by this art. I would say they are all creepy and scary, but tonally varied, yet the art holds it all together. It binds them into one thoroughly enjoyable and very creepy collection.

The stories themselves are macabre and chilling. There is always some sort of reveal. It is never too shocking, it relies more on a slowly built dread that delivers. The writing is short and punchy, to the point and fulfilling. It’s got a strong rhythm to it, it’s almost poetic in that regard. The plots themselves are simple but interesting. This is a graphic novel that will hold you through the entirety of the experience.

My personal favourite was the third story, it was really charming. The first one was really cool as well. It fulfilled the expectations it had set up. My least favourite was probably the fourth one. It had a lot of potential going in, but it did not feel like it all fit together as well as it did in the other ones.

All that said, this is a really strong collection and definitely worth reading.

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