Lud-in-the-Mist

Well, what a charming surprise this turned out to be.

When I read it, I couldn't help but imagine this as a story Tim Burton would adapt for film. It has that Sleepy Hollow or Corpse Bride resonance to it. Slightly dark, a bit gothic but definitely a fairy tale.

Up until page 33 it felt a little like a prologue but the back story was necessary. Following this the story unfolded like a song.

I loved the allegory, it wasn't like a lecture but told in the way of fairy-tale about the development spiritually, morally and ethically of the people who live in the mist, in a town called Lud-in-the-Mist. The author calls them Ludite's, (historically, people who fear progress and destroy that which threatens them).

The message about neighbourliness is as pertinent today as it was when this was written which was between two world wars.

I loved the story and the plot as well as the characters. There are some great dream sequences which, in my opinion, might have sprung from a bottle of Absinthe and the green fairy who lives there - very trippy and incredibly well done.

In this story is some of the most beautiful and poignant writing I've come across for a long time. This is a timeless tale, beautifully told. www.goodreads.com/review/list/103418602-m-t-ceres">View all my reviews