A precise and atmospheric novella ... Mohamed’s forest is an eerie, alien place, hauntingly atmospheric, and never to be trusted. Mohamed is often elliptical about its dangers and its horrors, her lucid prose conveying more by Veris’s reaction to her encounters than by plain description, though the description is frequently elegant ... The Butcher of the Forest is a compelling and effective story. It has layers, and depth, and feeling.
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