Match BookThe Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion
Margaret Killjoy
2017 · 130 pages · Horror
How it reads
The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion is horror (queer folk horror, specifically), and its dominant mood is eerie. It's atmospheric and uncanny, with a sense that something is wrong. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.
It's set in a small town setting, in the present day, told in the first person by several narrators. Its central concerns are friendship, power and politics and redemption. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.
It opens a series. It ends on a cliffhanger, so have the next book ready. At 130 pages it's a single-sitting book. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something eerie
- you want a book that pulls you through
- you're drawn to stories about friendship
Maybe not if…
- you need something cosy or heartwarming
- you want dense, lingering prose
- you hate waiting for a sequel
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- horror
- Author gender
- nonbinary
- Author experience
- early career
- Setting: place
- small town
- Setting: time
- contemporary
- Mood / feeling
- eerie
- Pace
- fast paced
- Tone / weight
- balanced
- Length
- short
- Narrative style
- first person, several narrators
- Publication era
- recent
- Popularity
- moderately known
- Series vs standalone
- first in a series
- Themes
- friendship, power and politics, redemption
- Ending style
- cliffhanger
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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