Review of "Night Life: A Folk Horror Poetry Collection" by Alba V. Sarria
- Megan Diedericks
- Mar 28
- 1 min read
"That's another thing they don't tell you
life and death spring from the same thing:
Cold." (Thunder Comes Knocking)
This book is impossible to put down; it's probably genuinely haunted... (In a good way!)
Night Life: A Folk Horror Poetry Collection by Alba V. Sarria is easily one of the most creative poetry collections I've ever read!
The poetry is bone-chilling and insanely descriptive—it WILL feel like you are caught up in some sort of ritual.
I loved the second-person narrated poems, as those were the ones that drew me in the most.
I had so many favorite lines that I couldn't even begin to possibly quote them all, but some of my favorite poems are: "Grant Me the Gift to Unsee," "The Motel on Briery Branch," and "This is What the Trumpets Sound Like at the End of Everything."
Long story short, read Night Life—it's more than worth it!!!
"Sometimes it's best
they not know you
See." (The Gun Chest)
