I received this book from Netgalley/the publisher in exchange of an honest review.

My third Norm Konyu book and I was so hyped when I saw it! A big thank you to the publisher for allowing me to read this one! Norm Konyu is quickly becoming one of my favourite horror artists. I started with Downlands earlier this year which I got from Netgalley, and then I read The Junction quickly after, and I was already hoping to read more. So I was delighted when I saw this one. Perfection! And the weather here at the moment, it is early August, is not really summery, more autumny so it is a great read for this time.

In this one we first see two people in the snow, looking for their colleagues/the workers that cut the trees. Something happens, people disappear. And we go to 2022. The forest has disappeared. Houses have appeared and we meet a couple on their way to find a new home. They reminiscence over the lost forest and how beautiful it used to be and that is when the road stops. Yep. Just dead stops. One moment there is a road with a truck coming from that direction and the next they are in the forest. And the forest has plans. We see the couple try to figure out the way but along the way they keep coming back to the same tree (which we saw in the before part) and weird glitches are happening. They seem to just keeps skipping through time and space.

And I have to say, I was at times a bit confused (and my head was a bit explodey) but also kept gasping in delight because it was just such a ride. Things that happened before now made more sense (like what happened with the phone or the water from the beginning after the crash), but at time same time, ouch. There were so many moments of things in the first pages that connected with the latter pages, and I was just constantly skipping back and forth (which isn’t easy on a computer) because I had to know, I had to confirm that what I read in the beginning was indeed what was said then.

The ending. OMG, OMG, OMG, what the actual whut? Thank you author, that was brilliant. Yes, I got a headache but I can also just applaud at the insanity of it all. Love it.

The art was, once again, great! I really like the style. It fits with the spooky/crazy/insane things that happen.

All in all, I am a bit confuddled, but mostly I am just impressed with what happened in this graphic novel. It was surely a ride and I am happy I experienced it. I definitely would love to re-read this one again someday, who knows what more hints I can find in the second run. I would highly recommend this one to all. Another banger from Norm Konyu!