White asks difficult questions that intentionally challenge and provoke the reader. This is a book that lingers in your mind. White really digs into generational hierarchies and how far society would go to preserve these and the corresponding status quo they embody. We are drip-fed details that slowly congeal into this sickening picture. Monsters are always never quite as they seem and Kiersten White explores this in a refreshing way. Horror has always been a genre within which authors can challenge societal norms and offer these unconventional, provocative and intellectual stories wrapped in blood and gore. It is brutal, violent, and unrelenting, but also dissects institutional privilege and the true cost of it. Hide is a labyrinthine tale steeped in blood, gore, and challenging questions. This is a cerebral and genuinely terrifying type of horror that has sent me right down the rabbit hole. Hide is that whisper in that dark, that overwhelming sense of fear and dread that sends shivers across your body.
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