: The story acts as a searing commentary on the societal pressure put on women to bear children.
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Anne Heltzel, who also writes under the name A.V. Geiger, has crafted a novel that feels both retro and alarmingly modern. It echoes the isolation of Rosemary’s Baby while channeling the modern anxieties found in works like The Secret History or Sharp Objects .
The setting moves from a cramped city apartment to an isolated mansion filled with hidden passageways, malfunctioning plumbing, and a literal room full of "failed" doll fragments. Visceral Dread: