Looking Glass Sound - The Library of the Uncommons

English language

Published May 17, 2023 by Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom.

ISBN:: 978-1-250-86002-6

Looking Glass Sound is the newest twisty psychological horror novel from Catriona Ward, the internationally bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street and Sundial.

In a lonely cottage overlooking the windswept Maine coast, Wilder Harlow begins the last book he will ever write. It is the story of his childhood summer companions and the killer that stalked the small New England town. Of the body they found, and the horror of that discovery echoing down the decades. And of Sky, Wilder’s one-time best friend, who stole his unfinished memoir and turned it into a lurid bestselling novel, Looking Glass Sound.

But as Wilder writes, the lines between memory and fiction blur. He fears he’s losing his grip on reality when he finds notes hidden around the cottage written in Sky’s signature green ink.

Catriona Ward delivers another mind-bending and cleverly crafted tale about …

Looking Glass Sound is the newest twisty psychological horror novel from Catriona Ward, the internationally bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street and Sundial.

In a lonely cottage overlooking the windswept Maine coast, Wilder Harlow begins the last book he will ever write. It is the story of his childhood summer companions and the killer that stalked the small New England town. Of the body they found, and the horror of that discovery echoing down the decades. And of Sky, Wilder’s one-time best friend, who stole his unfinished memoir and turned it into a lurid bestselling novel, Looking Glass Sound.

But as Wilder writes, the lines between memory and fiction blur. He fears he’s losing his grip on reality when he finds notes hidden around the cottage written in Sky’s signature green ink.

Catriona Ward delivers another mind-bending and cleverly crafted tale about one man’s struggle to come to terms with the terrors of his past… before it’s too late.

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The Unseen Nook&Canny reviewed Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward

A Puzzle of a Novel That Demands Context

3 stars

The first half felt like a fairly “normal” story—until it suddenly turned weird. In one chapter, the narrative calmly focuses on a typewriter malfunctioning over a single letter, and then, literally in the next sentence, the protagonist is thinking about planning his suicide. There had been no prior mention or buildup of suicide anywhere in the book up to that point. I went back and searched, but found nothing.

In the end, I had to rely on a Reddit post to understand what the book was really doing. After that, things became clearer, and it actually turned into a great read.

And then came the ending. Also weird—but at that point, what else could I expect?