Marya reviewed Wylding Hall by Elizabeth Hand
Review of 'Wylding Hall' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I enjoyed this the whole time I was reading it, but it didn't quite resolve anything to my satisfaction, whether by preserving the terror of the mystery or by demystifying the horror. Unlike the author's novel Waking the Moon, which was legitimately scary, this was more atmospheric than frightening (and I'm a big weenie about horror, easily kept up at night by very mild scares).
However I fully appreciated the characters, the 70s chaotic band dynamics, the folk song geekery and the spooky house, so it wasn't a wasted read for me at all. It could have been much longer and I would still have been engaged.