Book Description 

“I don’t fear death… but they do.”

Muriel McAuley has lived in the Scottish fishing village of Witchaven all her life. She was born there, and she intends to die there.

But when an overseas property developer threatens to evict the residents from their homes and raze Witchaven to the ground in the name of progress, all seems lost… until the day a mysterious fog bank creeps inland.

THE HAAR

To some it brings redemption… to others, it brings only madness and death. What macabre secrets lie within…

THE HAAR

Romantic and deranged, THE HAAR is a gore-soaked folk horror fairy tale from David Sodergren, author of The Forgotten Island and Maggie’s Grave.

My Review 

I’ve been on a bit of a horror kick lately and I’d seen this book on a Horror Book recommendations reel. It was available on audiobook from the library via the Libby app, so I jumped right in. 

Muriel is an absolute firecracker in her fight to maintain control of her house despite a brash American real estate mogul and his awful son doing everything they can to force Muriel out of the home she’s lived in for most of her life. 

The bulldozers are circling, but then something comes along that changes everything. I can’t say anything too specific, but the tides start to turn and everything changes. 

This book was engrossing and horrifying and truly exposed the worst of humanity. There were some very uncomfortable moments, but that’s kind of the point of the horror genre, isn’t it? 

I would recommend The Haar as long as people know this is not a cutesy story about an octogenarian Scot, despite the protagonist being delightful.