Myrrh, Polly Hall
Myrrh, Polly Hall
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Myrrh

Author: Polly Hall

Narrator: Charlie Albers

Unabridged: 8 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/21/2025


Synopsis

A woman searching for her birth-parents unlocks the secrets of her horrific past, as she tries to stop the goblin within in this kaleidoscopic dark psychological horror about identity and belonging.

Myrrh has a goblin inside her, a voice in her head that tells her all the things she's done wrong, that berates her and drags her down. Desperately searching for her birth-parents across dilapidated seaside towns in the South coast of England, she finds herself silenced and cut off at every step.

Cayenne is trapped in a loveless marriage, the distance between her and her husband growing further and further each day. Longing for a child, she has visions promising her a baby.

As Myrrh's frustrations grow, the goblin in her grows louder and louder, threatening to tear apart the few relationships she holds dear and destroy everything around her. When Cayenne finds her husband growing closer to his daughter—Cayenne's stepdaughter—and pushing her further out of his life, she makes a decision that sends her into a terrible spiral.

The stories of these women will unlock a past filled with dark secrets and strange connections, all leading to an unforgettable, horrific climax.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Irene Well Worth A Read on February 01, 2024

To be honest this book almost landed in my DNF pile. The synopsis was intriguing, and the blurb comparing it to one of my favorite authors compelled me to read it, but once I started it was a slog to get through. It felt much longer than its 128 pages and I kept checking to see how much longer I had......more

Goodreads review by Horror on January 25, 2024

This is a literary psychological horror novel that combines seemingly different narratives into something sinister and horrific. Myrrh is the name of a woman who was adopted as a baby. She was raised by good people yet this feeling of not belonging blossoms inside until it becomes an obsession to fi......more

Goodreads review by Mark on February 02, 2024

DNF @ 30%. It may be that the end of this book brings things together with a satisfying 'ah, that's what it all meant!' But I shall never know, because the journey is just as important as the destination, and the journey here wasn't working for me. I simply felt no curiosity about how the stories of M......more

Goodreads review by thevampireslibrary on March 17, 2024

A story about family, belonging and the search for love, this was an intriguing unique novella, I wouldn't say this was horror, but definitely falls into the disturbing literary/speculative fiction genre, Myrrh was a compelling protagonist, short chapters and multiple POVs that are somewhat jarring......more

Goodreads review by Kaysey on March 27, 2024

This book was not what I expected. I would consider this more literary fiction rather than horror but it definitely gave some extremely unnerving amd anxious vibes during reading it. I thought the writing was beautiful and it all came together very well. But like I said, if you're looking for horror......more