bri’s Reviews > The Spear Cuts Through Water > Status Update

y’all. I have actual goosebumps. that only happens when I see live theater. not when I read books.

it’s honestly a feeling unlike any other to get to almost 400 pages in a 500+ page book and realize, with reluctance and sadness, that it’s coming to a close

“This bath had become a performance, with an audience of one. It was an audience he was glad to perform for.” YOU GUYS THE SLOW BURN IS SLOW BURNING AND OH MY GOD THIS LINE IN CONTEXT IS INSAAAAAAANE

y’all this book has used 3rd person POV, 2nd person POV, added 1st person POV around page 200 and now we’re adding 4th person POV???

so far this book has been entirely in 2nd and 3rd person (except for some internal thoughts) and now we’re just fully switching to 1st person? this shit is wild

“You know as well as I that there are no odds in this world. There is only the Rhythm, and the Dance. That we are but the dancers.” so THIS is what The Killers meant when they asked if we were human or dancer

“The flower was cut from the stem. It’s red petals strewn.” OH MY GOD MORE VIOLENCE VIA METAPHOR IN BOOKS PLZ!!!

unreliable narrator???? wow this book just keeps throwing out more layers of narrative to peel apart

not Keema going through a queer crisis because of gay porn that he stole lmaooo

i’m enjoying this book but damn it is not reading itself