Then I discovered that as part of its MK-Ultra project, the CIA had installed electrodes in dogs’ brains, to essentially turn them into remote control dogs. I knew it was going to be about nature and nurture, and I wanted to do something on behaviour modification. The novel is quite Grand Guignol and if you’re going to do that, it really helps to have small hooks of reality to hang it on, otherwise it can just drift into madness. What was the starting point for Sundial ? Ward spoke via Zoom from her home on Dartmoor, where she ascribed a light switching itself off mid-interview to the quirks of country living – either that or a spectral presence making itself felt. Now she’s back with Sundial, a lyrical, twisty tale of a toxic mother-daughter bond that begins as suburban domestic noir and soon hurtles into weirder, more terrifying territory in the Mojave desert. It became her breakout book, a bestseller described by Stephen King as a “true nerve-shredder”. Sundial by Catriona Ward, (List Price: $19.T ransatlantic author Catriona Ward, 41, published two well-received gothic horror novels, both historical, before switching things up and setting her third, The Last House on Needless Street, on the edge of a forest in contemporary America. And the book as a whole had a unique premise and storyline, even if there was whole lot in it.
Yet, the last couple chapters of the climax had me enraptured and glued to the page. All of this felt very intentional, it felt like the book was trying to pack a lot within as few pages as possible, and yet some of the twists and events of the book felt forgotten too easily. Cassie’s chapters felt like reading the mind of a child who sees thing she shouldn’t.
Rob was flawed and different individual, and the writing portrayed that perfectly. The writing was spiritic, with odd inclusions and details, but it all felt intentional. Characters and setting were very unique, and I could never guess what would happen next.(Spoilers inbound) This was a weird book, but not in a bad way. An interesting read with many twist and turns.
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