--- product_id: 8281311 title: "Through the Woods" price: "€ 33.36" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.at/products/8281311-through-the-woods store_origin: AT region: Austria --- # Through the Woods **Price:** € 33.36 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Through the Woods - **How much does it cost?** € 33.36 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.at](https://www.desertcart.at/products/8281311-through-the-woods) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description desertcart.com: Through the Woods: 9781442465961: Carroll, Emily, Carroll, Emily: Books Review: All great horror is subjective... - After reading the work on the author's website, I decided to buy this book for a horror-loving friend's birthday gift. But since I ordered it some time in advance I'll freely admit I read it all first! He, of course, loved it (and forced it upon other horror fans). People seem a little torn on their opinions of this, so all I can do is say what I think. First of all, the art is unique and great and very chilling. Of course it is a drawing but (and this will sound odd) it LOOKS like drawings, like somebody skillfully scribbling down their memories of the macabre. It's reminiscent of a dark and twisted fairy tale (which I believe is mostly the point). I quite enjoy the style. If you aren't sure you'll like it, try the 'look inside' function on desertcart or go to the authors website to get a better feel for her. As for the stories, I'm not going to take them one by one but rather a general impression. There's a short intro and epilogue and (unrelated) stories between. Although 5 stories may not seem like a ton you get quite a bit of content. I saw some complaints that the stories didn't really have an ending and I guess for the majority that is true. I personally felt like they ended, but it is correct that maybe only one (or two?) had a concrete "this is what happened the end" type of ending. The majority of the stories show a scenario, what happened, and a hint of what might (or might not) be the outcome and leave the reader to wonder or decide. I like that sort of thing. If you do not, perhaps you won't be fond of this book. Some people said the book wasn't scary. I thought it was plenty scary, although I can't recall having any nightmares over it or anything. It definitely brings a feeling of dread and I love creepy foreshadowing pictures where you're like "Eck, what's going to happen?!" and then reveal pictures where you're like "Oh geez, nooo! What and why?!" Gore is present, but it is not a gore fest. There is some body horror, but that's not what the book is. Perhaps I'd categorize it as existential horror, but that doesn't feel right either. Every story is different, so they don't fall into a clear category. All in all yes it was scary enough to please me and the intended horror-loving recipient. I know this will sound like I'm repeating myself but if you still aren't sure, check out the author's comics online. As a small side note, the book in hardcover is sufficiently hefty and good quality. There is a nice, textured dust jacket that comes off to reveal the regular cover, which is smooth and matte. The pages are nicely colored and a nice thickness as well. The first copy I ordered had a wrinkly manufacturer's defect on the cover but I sent it back and got a replacement from desertcart fairly quickly and without incident. Review: Fairy Tale Horror - There are so many different ways to create horror, especially in comics. If you’re Richard Corben, you go with surreality, cheesecake, and backwoods decadence. If you’re Bernie Wrightson, you go with lifelike detail and emotion. If you’re Mike Mignola, you go with thick lines and hints of antiquity. If you’re Junji Ito, you go with body horror, spirals, and fish. If you’re Emily Carroll, you go with subtly complex simplicity, negative space, vivid colors, and fairy tales. Emily Carroll is an artist who publishes many of her horror webcomics online. Only one of the stories in this collection — the masterful and near-legendary “His Face All Red” — is available on her website. The rest of the tales in this book are gloriously new and wonderfully diabolical. We get “Our Neighbor’s House,” in which three young girls are left alone in a winter storm — until they encounter a strange man with a broad-brimmed hat and a full-face smile. We get “A Lady’s Hands Are Cold,” a ghostly variant of the Bluebeard legend. We get “My Friend Janna,” in which two friends dabble in spiritualism and discover something spectral and predatory. And we get “The Nesting Place,” in which a girl visits her brother and discovers that his wife is hiding a gruesome secret underneath her skin. Carroll does an amazing job of creating stories that seem both timeless and ancient, and utterly new and shocking. I think my favorite story in this one is the first — “Our Neighbor’s House” — because it never shows you anything horrific and lets your imagination do all the heavy lifting — which I still think is Carroll’s greatest strength. But that doesn’t mean the others aren’t all fantastic, too. “My Friend Janna” brings us subtle terrors we’re not even sure if we can see clearly and definitely can’t possibly understand. Is Janna being haunted at all? What’s the significance of the pulse inside the ghost? And “A Lady’s Hands Are Cold” is more gruesome but also a slower burn. The song sung throughout helps a story already rooted in the past feel even older, like it’s something pulled up from antiquity. “The Nesting Place” is the tale that seems to break most of the rules one expects from Carroll’s work — it’s much more modern, there’s more dialogue, less omniscient narration, and the horrors are downright gory. But I loved the hell out of this one, too. The surreal shapeshifting monster in this story has horribly human motivations, and that makes the story more powerful and more frightening. If you love horror, beautiful artwork, splendid little stories, and fears both subtle and shrieking, both chilling and gore-caked, you'll want to pick this one up. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #37,184 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #51 in Teen & Young Adult Fairy Tale & Folklore Adaptations #204 in Teen & Young Adult Horror #230 in Teen & Young Adult Comics & Graphic Novels (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (2,281) | | Dimensions | 7 x 0.6 x 9 inches | | Grade level | 9 - 12 | | ISBN-10 | 1442465964 | | ISBN-13 | 978-1442465961 | | Item Weight | 2.31 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 208 pages | | Publication date | July 15, 2014 | | Publisher | Margaret K. McElderry Books | | Reading age | 14 years and up | ## Images ![Through the Woods - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81j-37cjjwL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ All great horror is subjective... *by J***K on June 24, 2019* After reading the work on the author's website, I decided to buy this book for a horror-loving friend's birthday gift. But since I ordered it some time in advance I'll freely admit I read it all first! He, of course, loved it (and forced it upon other horror fans). People seem a little torn on their opinions of this, so all I can do is say what I think. First of all, the art is unique and great and very chilling. Of course it is a drawing but (and this will sound odd) it LOOKS like drawings, like somebody skillfully scribbling down their memories of the macabre. It's reminiscent of a dark and twisted fairy tale (which I believe is mostly the point). I quite enjoy the style. If you aren't sure you'll like it, try the 'look inside' function on Amazon or go to the authors website to get a better feel for her. As for the stories, I'm not going to take them one by one but rather a general impression. There's a short intro and epilogue and (unrelated) stories between. Although 5 stories may not seem like a ton you get quite a bit of content. I saw some complaints that the stories didn't really have an ending and I guess for the majority that is true. I personally felt like they ended, but it is correct that maybe only one (or two?) had a concrete "this is what happened the end" type of ending. The majority of the stories show a scenario, what happened, and a hint of what might (or might not) be the outcome and leave the reader to wonder or decide. I like that sort of thing. If you do not, perhaps you won't be fond of this book. Some people said the book wasn't scary. I thought it was plenty scary, although I can't recall having any nightmares over it or anything. It definitely brings a feeling of dread and I love creepy foreshadowing pictures where you're like "Eck, what's going to happen?!" and then reveal pictures where you're like "Oh geez, nooo! What and why?!" Gore is present, but it is not a gore fest. There is some body horror, but that's not what the book is. Perhaps I'd categorize it as existential horror, but that doesn't feel right either. Every story is different, so they don't fall into a clear category. All in all yes it was scary enough to please me and the intended horror-loving recipient. I know this will sound like I'm repeating myself but if you still aren't sure, check out the author's comics online. As a small side note, the book in hardcover is sufficiently hefty and good quality. There is a nice, textured dust jacket that comes off to reveal the regular cover, which is smooth and matte. The pages are nicely colored and a nice thickness as well. The first copy I ordered had a wrinkly manufacturer's defect on the cover but I sent it back and got a replacement from Amazon fairly quickly and without incident. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fairy Tale Horror *by S***S on April 21, 2017* There are so many different ways to create horror, especially in comics. If you’re Richard Corben, you go with surreality, cheesecake, and backwoods decadence. If you’re Bernie Wrightson, you go with lifelike detail and emotion. If you’re Mike Mignola, you go with thick lines and hints of antiquity. If you’re Junji Ito, you go with body horror, spirals, and fish. If you’re Emily Carroll, you go with subtly complex simplicity, negative space, vivid colors, and fairy tales. Emily Carroll is an artist who publishes many of her horror webcomics online. Only one of the stories in this collection — the masterful and near-legendary “His Face All Red” — is available on her website. The rest of the tales in this book are gloriously new and wonderfully diabolical. We get “Our Neighbor’s House,” in which three young girls are left alone in a winter storm — until they encounter a strange man with a broad-brimmed hat and a full-face smile. We get “A Lady’s Hands Are Cold,” a ghostly variant of the Bluebeard legend. We get “My Friend Janna,” in which two friends dabble in spiritualism and discover something spectral and predatory. And we get “The Nesting Place,” in which a girl visits her brother and discovers that his wife is hiding a gruesome secret underneath her skin. Carroll does an amazing job of creating stories that seem both timeless and ancient, and utterly new and shocking. I think my favorite story in this one is the first — “Our Neighbor’s House” — because it never shows you anything horrific and lets your imagination do all the heavy lifting — which I still think is Carroll’s greatest strength. But that doesn’t mean the others aren’t all fantastic, too. “My Friend Janna” brings us subtle terrors we’re not even sure if we can see clearly and definitely can’t possibly understand. Is Janna being haunted at all? What’s the significance of the pulse inside the ghost? And “A Lady’s Hands Are Cold” is more gruesome but also a slower burn. The song sung throughout helps a story already rooted in the past feel even older, like it’s something pulled up from antiquity. “The Nesting Place” is the tale that seems to break most of the rules one expects from Carroll’s work — it’s much more modern, there’s more dialogue, less omniscient narration, and the horrors are downright gory. But I loved the hell out of this one, too. The surreal shapeshifting monster in this story has horribly human motivations, and that makes the story more powerful and more frightening. If you love horror, beautiful artwork, splendid little stories, and fears both subtle and shrieking, both chilling and gore-caked, you'll want to pick this one up. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A skin-crawling read... *by C***E on November 15, 2015* I’m not normally one to pick up a graphic novel – even though this is a compilation of five graphic short stories – but it was a welcome change from a usual steady diet of books. Each story is set in a different time and has its own twist. ‘Our Neighbor’s House’ is quietly spooky and has a Blair Witch feel; where ‘A Lady’s Hands are Cold’ is a morbid cautionary tale. ‘His Face All Red’ is like body snatchers from deep in the woods and shudder-worthy; while ‘My Friend Janna’ is a freaky tale of a haunted medium and definitely my favourite story, both the drawings and storyline up the creep factor. And finally ‘The Nesting Place’ is the longest of the stories and the ssshhhkkk ssssshhhhkkkk of teeth still echo through my head. The illustrations in ‘Through the Woods’ were scratchy and blotchy with only one or two colours – as equally ominous as the stories themselves. It was eerie and spooky and suitably gave me the shivers. While not terrifying, ‘Through the Woods’ is morbid and creepy. Reminding me of Ronald Dahl – that same way the stories ended, or even ‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allen Poe. Several moments had the hair standing up on the back of my neck. It is a quick read, but I urge you to take your time and enjoy the artwork. There is so much atmosphere that projects off the page to suck you into the narrative. For my first graphic novel – highly recommended! ## Frequently Bought Together - Through the Woods - A Guest in the House - When I Arrived at the Castle --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.at/products/8281311-through-the-woods](https://www.desertcart.at/products/8281311-through-the-woods) --- *Product available on Desertcart Austria* *Store origin: AT* *Last updated: 2026-05-04*