The Country Will Bring Us No Peace

The Country Will Bring Us No Peace

Matthieu Simard

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Simon and Marie can't seem to have a baby. And so they flee the city for an idyllic village, where things will certainly be better. But the town is gloomy, even hostile -- things haven't been the same since the factory closed down and a broadcast antenna was erected. Now there are no birds singing, and people have started disappearing.


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  • rexinpeace
    Jan 06, 2025
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    This is a novella about a couple who can't seem to have a baby. They moved to a small town to start anew. It is categorized as horror; I kinda see why, but it's more literary fiction than horror, to be honest. Blurb is also misleading because I thought this was going to be a horror mystery, but it's far from it.

    What I love about it is its exploration of grief, especially collective grief. It's a recurring theme in the book and shows how it affects the main characters and even the people in the small town. I also like how it is told from both perspectives of the husband and wife, as we see each of their thoughts when we finally get into their backstory.

    I would have loved to see more of the mystery about the antenna and the birds because it seemed like the more interesting parts of the book, but I didn't understand because its lacking for me. Still, this was a good read overall. I'd give it 4 stars, but I took half off because of that misleading blurb.

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