Title: And the Ricer Drags Her Down
By: Jihyun Yun
Genre: Horror/Fantasy
Pages: 400
Release Date: October 2nd, 2025
Rating: ★★★★☆
Summary from Goodreads:
She has always known the rules – never resurrect anything larger than the palm of her hand, but that was before her sister died. A chilling, compulsive exploration of sisterhood, loss, and revenge.
"Yun beautifully captures the haunting of family myths in this slow-burn horror. Eerie and poignant, And The River Drags Her Down will sweep readers into its relentless current."
- Trang Thanh Tran, New York Times bestselling author of She Is a Haunting
When her older sister is found mysteriously drowned in the river that cuts through their small coastal town, Soojin Han disregards every rule and uses her ancestral magic to bring Mirae back from the dead. At first, the sisters are overjoyed, reveling in late-night escapades and the miracle of being together again, but Mirae grows tired of hiding from the world. She becomes restless and hungry . . .
Driven by an insatiable desire to finish what she started in life, to unravel the truth that crushed her family so many years ago, Mirae is out for revenge.
When their town is engulfed by increasingly destructive rain and a series of harrowing, unusual deaths, Soojin is forced to reckon with the fact that perhaps the sister she brought back isn’t the one she knew.
Review:
This book had a haunting, almost Pet Sematary vibe that I was totally falling for. Soojin is a deeply relatable character, navigating intense grief and trauma, and her emotional unraveling is both raw and compelling. The atmosphere is chilling and immersive, pulling you in with its eerie beauty. While the ending didn’t quite land for me emotionally, the journey there was gripping and intense. A thrilling, emotionally charged read that blends horror and sorrow in all the right ways.
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