My favorite from that was probably The Changeling by Victor LaValle. Again, just a four-star though.
The Changeling (2017)
"The wildly imaginative story of one man's thrilling odyssey through an enchanted world to find his wife, who has disappeared after having seemingly committed an unforgivable act of violence, from the award-winning author of The Devil in Silver and Big Machine"-- "Apollo Kagwa has had strange dreams that have haunted him since childhood. An antiquarian book dealer with a business called Improbabilia, he is just beginning to settle into his new life as a committed and involved father, unlike his own father who abandoned him, when his wife Emma begins acting strange. Disconnected and uninterested in their new baby boy, Emma at first seems to be exhibiting all the signs of post-partum depression, but it quickly becomes clear that her troubles go far beyond that. Before Apollo can do anything to help, Emma commits a horrific act--beyond any parent's comprehension--and vanishes, seemingly into thin air. Thus begins Apollo's odyssey through a world he only thought he understood to find a wife and child who are nothing like he'd imagined. His quest begins when he meets a mysterious stranger who claims to have information about Emma's whereabouts. Apollo then begins a journey that takes him to a forgotten island in the East River of New York City, a graveyard full of secrets, a forest in Queens where immigrant legends still live, and finally back to a place he thought he had lost forever. This dizzying tale is ultimately a story about family and the unfathomable secrets of the people we love"--
- ISBN:
- 9780812995947
- Length:
- 431 pages
Genres: fantasy, horror, mystery, thriller
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The Changeling by Victor LaValle so close to making it but just this dark family drama of this fable this fairy tale this ultimate human drama horror that throws this family into a supernatural suspense-filled horror. It springboards off of that family drama and it's done so well.
It has the best father character I think, I've ever read. I feel like we don't get a lot of good father representation, especially as the main character, but he's amazing.
this book was just everything I wanted the character work was fantastic the scares are real there are some scenes that are so legitimately terrifying at least to me within this book I just struggle to get through them.





