At the same time every year, for as long as Cara can remember, there has been the accident season. A month of constant injuries and tragedies grips her family and no one knows why.
Until Cara starts seeing a mysterious girl in the backdrop of all her photographs – and then she starts to look deeper into the accident season.
The Accident Season is the ideal read for anyone who’s looking for a gritty read with strange visuals, a dark tale and a hint of the supernatural. It’s also a fairly quick read, so ideal if you’ve got a long rainy day off. (I would recommend a rainy day as the book is set in Ireland in October)
The setting for the book is completely ideal for this type of story. Set in Ireland, which is rife with tales of folklore and fairies, in the dark grim weather of October where Halloween is just around the corner, it’s absolutely ideal for the supernatural occurrences happening in the book.
The visuals in this book are also very nicely done – it’s very vivid, descriptive and makes use of colour a lot, mostly reds and greys. Everything about the book is consistently eerie, and everything feels off and uncomfortable all the time, including the characters.
The ghostly-supernatural element is genuinely quiet scary in this book as well. The constant knowledge of s figure that’s in every single one of Cara’s photographs, even ones from her childhood, is enough to freak anyone out – combined with the progression of the story and the constant oppression the accident season causes, this book leaves you on edge at all times, wondering what is going to happen next.
One thing I will say it that the narrative can get a bit muddled and confusing, and I found myself re-reading lines to make a bit more sense of them or try and unravel the metaphors. While this was fine for me, others may find this daunting or not to their taste.
The Accident Season is a tragic supernatural novel. With creepy, goosebumps inducing visuals, the families sense of anxiety and hopelessness, combined with the shocking reveal of what the accident season is, it’s a book that will give you chills and sit with you for some time on your rainy evening reading.
I read and LOVED this book for what it was, although it wasn’t my favorite because of the same reason you mentioned. I’m glad you liked it! Fantastic review, I really like your writing!
-Amy
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