Cathedral of the Drowned Review: Bug Out

By Christina Ladd on

Words, formerly normal, that now unnerve me thanks to Cathedral of the Drowned: meat, scoop, jelly. Words that were already uncomfortable that got worse: glutinous, birthed, slurry. Words that I use to describe Cathedral of the Drowned as a result: brilliant, disturbing, devouring. Yes, devouring. I had the sense, while reading, that rather than devouring …