Well, I guess "scozy" isn't a great word (scary + cozy), but on the other hand, "gothic" can also be Shelley's Frankenstein (not really involved with a house), or the Brontes (house but then, all those damn moors)...I think gothic to me is house + environs, so it works (but I'm sort of a pedant, I realize). You make me want to re-read Witch Elm, b/c when I finished it I wasn't that excited. I like the Dublin Police books so so so much, and agree that French is one of those people you invoke when someone says in tones of disdain, "oh it's just a *mystery*" ... Because she's effing brilliant. I totally appreciate this love letter.
When I read The Witch Elm a few years ago, I was so distracted by how you cram a body down into the middle of a tree that I completely overlooked the brilliant Toby epiphany about setting that you share here, Caitlin. Tana French you are amazing! Caitlin, you are, too!
I’m clapping for scary-cozy. (Also see: scary-luxe in all those thrillers set at weddings, parties, expensive hunting lodges.)
Well, I guess "scozy" isn't a great word (scary + cozy), but on the other hand, "gothic" can also be Shelley's Frankenstein (not really involved with a house), or the Brontes (house but then, all those damn moors)...I think gothic to me is house + environs, so it works (but I'm sort of a pedant, I realize). You make me want to re-read Witch Elm, b/c when I finished it I wasn't that excited. I like the Dublin Police books so so so much, and agree that French is one of those people you invoke when someone says in tones of disdain, "oh it's just a *mystery*" ... Because she's effing brilliant. I totally appreciate this love letter.
When I read The Witch Elm a few years ago, I was so distracted by how you cram a body down into the middle of a tree that I completely overlooked the brilliant Toby epiphany about setting that you share here, Caitlin. Tana French you are amazing! Caitlin, you are, too!
I’m clapping for scary-cozy. (Also see: scary-luxe in all those thrillers set at weddings, parties, expensive hunting lodges.)
Tana French can do no wrong!