Why read on Fable?
Publisher Description
ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • The dark, gripping tale of a 1930’s family in the remote hills of the Smoky Mountains, their secret religion, and the daughter who turns her back on their mysterious god—from the acclaimed author of Spoonbenders.
“Gods and moonshine in the Great Depression, written with a tenderness and brutality … this is as good as novels get.” —Stephen Graham Jones, author of The Only Good Indians
In 1933, nine-year-old Stella is left in the care of her grandmother, Motty, in the backwoods of Tennessee. The mountains are home to dangerous secrets, and soon after she arrives, Stella wanders into a dark cavern where she encounters the family's personal god, an entity known as the Ghostdaddy.
Years later, after a tragic incident that caused her to flee, Stella—now a professional bootlegger—returns for Motty's funeral, and to check on the mysterious ten-year-old girl named Sunny that Motty adopted. Sunny appears innocent enough, but she is more powerful than Stella could imagine—and she’s a direct link to Stella's buried past and her family's destructive faith.
Haunting and wholly engrossing, summoning mesmerizing voices and giving shape to the dark, Revelator is a southern gothic tale for the ages.
“Gods and moonshine in the Great Depression, written with a tenderness and brutality … this is as good as novels get.” —Stephen Graham Jones, author of The Only Good Indians
In 1933, nine-year-old Stella is left in the care of her grandmother, Motty, in the backwoods of Tennessee. The mountains are home to dangerous secrets, and soon after she arrives, Stella wanders into a dark cavern where she encounters the family's personal god, an entity known as the Ghostdaddy.
Years later, after a tragic incident that caused her to flee, Stella—now a professional bootlegger—returns for Motty's funeral, and to check on the mysterious ten-year-old girl named Sunny that Motty adopted. Sunny appears innocent enough, but she is more powerful than Stella could imagine—and she’s a direct link to Stella's buried past and her family's destructive faith.
Haunting and wholly engrossing, summoning mesmerizing voices and giving shape to the dark, Revelator is a southern gothic tale for the ages.
200 Reviews
4.0
Jammie MacPherson
Created about 5 hours agoShare
Report
Multi-layered charactersDescriptive writingEasy to readAddictiveImmersive settingDarkViolence
Madison Dye
Created 10 days agoShare
Report
“I bought this book on a whim did not have many expectations for it. This is also probably one of my favorite books of the year.”Characters change and growMulti-layered charactersDescriptive writingEasy to readSuspensefulTwistyDark settingComing of ageDark
Katie Marsh
Created 15 days agoShare
Report
Multi-layered charactersTwistyUnpredictableDark settingDarkAbuseViolence
Morado
Created 23 days agoShare
Report
“This book kicked off my spooky season of reading and it was quite disappointing. I got to about page 200 and almost DNF it. A cover quote said “deeply disturbing” but it was more in line with the quote on the back that said it releases its secrets judiciously. Yes, this is a slow burn. With a lot of that slowness comprised of information on how to make moonshine, run a still, and back and forth time line jumping. The pace started to pick up when there was a little under 100 pages left. I’m glad I finished it, but not so much to the point it changed my overall rating. Such an interesting concept and yet it could have been a lot better. Maybe I wasn’t in the right head space, because I kept seeing how this was people’s favorite horror story, and it got good ratings, but it just did nothing for me.”
Start a Book Club
Start a public or private book club with this book on the Fable app today!FAQ
Do I have to buy the ebook to participate in a book club?
Why can’t I buy the ebook on the app?
How is Fable’s reader different from Kindle?
Do you sell physical books too?
Are book clubs free to join on Fable?
How do I start a book club with this book on Fable?
Similar Books
Save to a list
0
/30
0
/100
Private List