I sat down with this book at 3pm and barely looked up until I finished it 6h later. Wonderful, horrible, heartbreaking layer cake of mothers and daughI sat down with this book at 3pm and barely looked up until I finished it 6h later. Wonderful, horrible, heartbreaking layer cake of mothers and daughters and monsters and a TRULY scary house. Pick it up and get sucked in, you'll be glad you did....more
That was a DEEPLY weird and uncomfortable wander around all the questions I love in speculative fiction - what makes you yourself? what makes you a peThat was a DEEPLY weird and uncomfortable wander around all the questions I love in speculative fiction - what makes you yourself? what makes you a person? which is more real, the identity you build consciously or the worst self you can't control? - and it was creepy as sh!t to boot, especially in the way it leans into a kind of anxiety and claustrophobia that's all too recognizable after 2020. I am SO HERE for horror that confronts pandemic feels....more
I stumbled across the author on Twitter and had to order this after reading a couple of absolute bangers she'd posted there. Super enjoyed this collecI stumbled across the author on Twitter and had to order this after reading a couple of absolute bangers she'd posted there. Super enjoyed this collection, it speaks my language....more
This book feels like it's channelling a darker, quieter current than Derek Milman's other books, but it's just as captivating: a sharp-eyed, vulnerablThis book feels like it's channelling a darker, quieter current than Derek Milman's other books, but it's just as captivating: a sharp-eyed, vulnerable character study dressed to the nines in twisty turny thrillery shenanigans and beautiful writing....more
Cut-throat, claws-out, unapologetic - no punches pulled. And gorgeously written to boot. From the first page, our monstrous heroine's ambition and ragCut-throat, claws-out, unapologetic - no punches pulled. And gorgeously written to boot. From the first page, our monstrous heroine's ambition and rage radiates so powerfully from the text you can practically taste it....more
To those who felt weird about the Christian symbol of the "sufferer", what I see in this book is not a gliI enjoyed this book a lot; it made me think!
To those who felt weird about the Christian symbol of the "sufferer", what I see in this book is not a glimpse of Christianity stuck in a story with a fantasy religion, but rather two visions of Christianity - what it has been (rapacious and cruel, demanding) and what it should/could be (founded on love, giving). If I was going to quarrel with anything here it'd be the way the contrast is framed - smacks of Old Testament vs New Testament to me, which is a dichotomy I dislike, but I think that's a bone I have to pick with...idk, Paul maybe? as opposed to a problem w the book. Like, if Christianity as an institution imagines itself as standing in contrast to some previous, crueller understanding of God, then painting that institution in the cruelty it professes to abhor is a full blast indictment....more
Queen of the AutoBuys strikes again!!! So much delightful creepiness and heart in this story - weird and fascinating and relatable and just a hell of Queen of the AutoBuys strikes again!!! So much delightful creepiness and heart in this story - weird and fascinating and relatable and just a hell of a satisfying ride from start to finish....more
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