{"id":19757,"date":"2024-08-31T01:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T05:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/?p=19757"},"modified":"2025-04-16T17:39:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T21:39:15","slug":"book-woodworm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-woodworm\/","title":{"rendered":"Woodworm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"book-2969\" class=\"bdb-book-info\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/book_woodworm.png?fit=250%2C376&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Woodworm\" class=\"alignright\"\/><strong>Title:<\/strong> Woodworm<br \/><strong>Author:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/author\/layla-martinez\/\">Layla Mart\u00ednez<\/a><br \/><strong>Translator:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/translator\/annie-mcdermott\/\">Annie McDermott<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/translator\/sophie-hughes\/\">Sophie Hughes<\/a><br \/><strong>First Published:<\/strong> <span content=\"2021-11-02\">November 2, 2021<\/span><br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/publisher\/two-lines-press\/\">Two Lines Press<\/a><br \/><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 144<br \/><strong>Genre:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/horror\/\">Horror<\/a><br \/><strong>Format:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/format\/hardcover\/\">Hardcover<\/a><br \/><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/source\/library\/\">Library<\/a><br \/><strong>Rating:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/rating\/5\/\"><span class=\"bdb-font-awesome-star-wrap\"><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/182113235-woodworm\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/addtogoodreads.png?ssl=1\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><br \/><br \/><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> <p>The house breathes. The house contains bodies and secrets. The house is visited by ghosts, by angels that line the roof like insects, and by saints that burn the bedsheets with their haloes. It was built by a smalltime hustler as a means of controlling his wife, and even after so many years, their daughter and her granddaughter can\u2019t leave. They may be witches or they may just be angry, but when the mysterious disappearance of a young boy draws unwanted attention, the two isolated women, already subjects of public scorn, combine forces with the spirits that haunt them in pursuit of something that resembles justice. <\/p>\n<p>In this lush translation by Sophie Hughes and Annie McDermott, Layla Martinez\u2019s eerie debut novel is class-conscious horror that drags generations of monsters into the sun. Described by Mariana Enriquez as \u201ca house of women and shadows, built from poetry and revenge,\u201d this vision of a broken family in our unjust world places power in the hands of the eccentric, the radical, and the desperate.<\/p>\n<strong>Get the Book:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3zOd5Y7\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>\r\n<hr \/><\/div>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Review\",\n\t\t\t\t\"datePublished\": \"2024-08-31T05:00:12+00:00\",\n\t\t\t\t\"description\": \"Woodworm\",\n\t\t\t\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Radical Dreamer\"\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/book-woodworm\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Woodworm\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"author\": [\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Layla Mart\\u00ednez\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/book-database\\\/author\\\/layla-martinez\\\/\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t],\n\t\t\t\t\t\"isbn\": \"\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"numberOfPages\": 144,\n\t\t\t\t\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Two Lines Press\"\t\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\t\"image\": \"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/book_woodworm.png?fit=250%2C376&ssl=1\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"datePublished\": \"2021-11-02T00:00:00+00:00\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.goodreads.com\\\/book\\\/show\\\/182113235-woodworm\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"genre\": \"Horror\"\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Jamie\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/\"\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \"reviewRating\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Rating\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"ratingValue\": 5,\n\t\t\t\t\t\"bestRating\": 5\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n<h2>Review<\/h2>\n<p>Nothing thrills me more than discovering a new favorite book, and <strong>Woodworm<\/strong> easily tops the list of books I&#8217;ve read this year. <strong>Woodworm<\/strong> follows a cursed family of women, condemned to a house of shadows, and the generations of tragedy inflicted upon them. The novella spans decades, from the Spanish Civil War to the early 2000s.<\/p>\n<p>The house felt oppressive and bleak, and there were many times I found myself creeped out while reading. The inhabitants of the house were just as creepy, forged by malice and gripped in the throes of madness, despair, and pain. The prose is compulsively readable and feels like a stream of consciousness without a single word wasted, I couldn&#8217;t put it down. When I finished, I picked it right back up to read again, I cannot recommend this book enough!<\/p>\n<h2>Quote<\/h2>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve told you before, <strong>nobody<\/strong> ever <em>leaves this house<\/em>. We&#8217;re <strong>trapped<\/strong> here, us and the <em>shadows<\/em>. That&#8217;s what <em>my mother<\/em> used to tell me. We&#8217;re trapped here till they come and <strong>take us<\/strong>, she&#8217;d say.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>Content Warnings<\/h2>\n<span class=\"ubb-spoiler\"><a class=\"ubb-view-spoil\">View Spoiler &raquo;<\/a><span style=\"display: none;\" class=\"ubb-thespoil\">Abduction, Body Horror, Child Death, Death, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Forced Prostitution, Exploitation, Infidelity, Intergenerational Trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical Abuse, Violence <a class=\"ubb-hide-spoil\" style=\"cursor: hand; cursor: pointer;\">&laquo; Hide Spoiler<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<h2>About the Author<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ubb-about-author\">\n<h3>About Layla Mart\u00ednez<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_laylamartinez.png?fit=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft ubb-about-author-photo\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_laylamartinez.png?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_laylamartinez.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Layla Mart\u00ednez is a writer and translator from Madrid. She writes about music for El Salto, and about television for La \u00daltima Hora. Since 2014 she has co-directed the independent publisher Antipersona. Woodworm is her first novel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ubb-author-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/6540751.Layla_Mart_nez\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3NgXR18\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lay_martinezvicente\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Review Nothing thrills me more than discovering a new favorite book, and Woodworm easily tops the list of books I&#8217;ve read this year. 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