Jack Silvernagel's Reviews > Ghostroots: Stories

I was lucky enough to receive an ARC of this story collection, and once I started reading I could hardly put it down. I was out of sync with the first couple stories, the off-putting images, the strangeness and dread, but after reading "Contributions" I was hooked, and had a better grasp on what this book was going to do to me. 'Pemi Aguda has a WAY with story, I imagined I could hear her voice reading to me of spirits and ground and distinctly human horror. Many of these stories did not feel resolved, but they felt finished (?) I'm not sure what I mean. I felt like I ate and swallowed each story - some did not fill me, some did, but each one left a certain taste - YES! I could taste each story, like a feeling, and by certain I mean specific, not as placeholder. They tasted like milk or a split lip, like freedom in captivity. I'm rambling now. I recommend this collection. The more I think on it the more I like it.