The Tangled Woods by Emily RaboteauMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
One of a series of seven horror/dark fiction stories that are being offered to Amazon Prime members in the Dark Corners collection.
Our narrator, Reginald, is something of an asshole and that makes it difficult to really get into his story. I personally find it difficult to emphasize with people that I just don't like. Reginald is taking his wife and son to a family resort in the Poconos mountains for a getaway weekend. He doesn't want to go so he's in the mood to find fault with every single detail and he does. After his final confrontation where he discovers who he has become, he finally comes to the epiphany of his overall assholishness. Too bad he had to go to the extreme that he did to discover himself.
The description of the Poconos experience was the most horrific part of the entire story. I have an aversion to any spa retreat type setup with their bland, cookie-cutter lodgings, and their narcissistic entitled patrons.
Overall, the writing was excellent. I'm not familiar with this author so I'll have to check out the rest of her works.
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