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Subject 11
Welcome to the Subject 11 project.
We are currently seeking 10 individuals to participate in a research study. Participants shall receive a sum to be discussed during initial telephone interview. Interested parties should email us via our contact page, subject11.webs.com, providing their telephone number and a brief biography of approximately 100 words, describing themselves in terms of gender, age, race, and occupation if any.
The study will take place in a series of abandoned buildings rented for this purpose.
Note: subjects involved in this test may find themselves experiencing certain psychological distortions. They may experience lapses in memory regarding others and themselves. Subjects may even forget how long this test is supposed to go on for. And please disregard any additional people you may feel you’ve sighted in the complex, beyond those in the test group.
We thank you for your interest in our research
We are currently seeking 10 individuals to participate in a research study. Participants shall receive a sum to be discussed during initial telephone interview. Interested parties should email us via our contact page, subject11.webs.com, providing their telephone number and a brief biography of approximately 100 words, describing themselves in terms of gender, age, race, and occupation if any.
The study will take place in a series of abandoned buildings rented for this purpose.
Note: subjects involved in this test may find themselves experiencing certain psychological distortions. They may experience lapses in memory regarding others and themselves. Subjects may even forget how long this test is supposed to go on for. And please disregard any additional people you may feel you’ve sighted in the complex, beyond those in the test group.
We thank you for your interest in our research
231 pages, Mini-Hardcover
First published December 8, 2011
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About the author
Jeffrey Thomas
242 books278 followersJeffrey Thomas is an American author of weird fiction, the creator of the acclaimed setting Punktown. Books in the Punktown universe include the short story collections Punktown, Voices from Punktown, Punktown: Shades of Grey (with his brother, Scott Thomas), and Ghosts of Punktown. Novels in that setting include Deadstock, Blue War, Monstrocity, Health Agent, Everybody Scream!, Red Cells, and The New God. Thomas’s other short story collections include The Unnamed Country, Gods of a Nameless Country, The Endless Fall, Haunted Worlds, Worship the Night, Thirteen Specimens, Nocturnal Emissions, Doomsdays, Terror Incognita, Unholy Dimensions, AAAIIIEEE!!!, Honey Is Sweeter Than Blood, Carrion Men, Voices from Hades, The Return of Enoch Coffin, and Entering Gosston. His other novels include The American, Boneland, Subject 11, Letters From Hades, The Fall of Hades, The Exploded Soul, The Nought, Thought Forms, Beyond the Door, Lost in Darkness, and A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Dealers.
His work has been reprinted in The Year’s Best Horror Stories XXII (editor Karl Edward Wagner), The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror #14 (editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling), and Year’s Best Weird Fiction #1 (editors Laird Barron and Michael Kelly). At NecronomiCon 2024 Thomas received the Robert Bloch Award for his contributions to weird fiction.
Though he considers Viet Nam his second home, Thomas lives in Massachusetts.
His work has been reprinted in The Year’s Best Horror Stories XXII (editor Karl Edward Wagner), The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror #14 (editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling), and Year’s Best Weird Fiction #1 (editors Laird Barron and Michael Kelly). At NecronomiCon 2024 Thomas received the Robert Bloch Award for his contributions to weird fiction.
Though he considers Viet Nam his second home, Thomas lives in Massachusetts.
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April 22, 2013
This story was so strange, I don't even know what to say.
The story begins with a bunch of anonymous people taking part in an experiment. They do not have names, only numbers. They are not allowed to give each other any personal information. Their food is dropped down to them through PVC tubing.
That's all I'm going to say about the plot. This long novella was a skillfully told story. It weaves its words around the reader reeling them in without divulging enough clues to solve the mystery of this experiment. If you do not like ambiguous stories, this one is probably not the story for you.
I don't think the ending was ambiguous because I have a clear idea in my head of what the ending meant. It would be interesting to see what your thoughts are. Track me down when you're done reading it and we can discuss it! :)
The story begins with a bunch of anonymous people taking part in an experiment. They do not have names, only numbers. They are not allowed to give each other any personal information. Their food is dropped down to them through PVC tubing.
That's all I'm going to say about the plot. This long novella was a skillfully told story. It weaves its words around the reader reeling them in without divulging enough clues to solve the mystery of this experiment. If you do not like ambiguous stories, this one is probably not the story for you.
I don't think the ending was ambiguous because I have a clear idea in my head of what the ending meant. It would be interesting to see what your thoughts are. Track me down when you're done reading it and we can discuss it! :)
March 6, 2012
This one was exquisitely bizarre. We are four books into the first quarter of the DB novella club, and this is so far one of my favorite reads of 2012. I have been reading a lot of Ligotti recently, and the atmosphere (slow dread building) and the setting of urban decay was masterfully developed by Thomas.
For our setting, we have what appears to be either a mental ward or factory (or perhaps both) in the full throes of entropic decay (very Ligottian). As I followed our test subjects through Thomas' maze, I truly felt transported to another dark realm that was firmly ensconced in a banal and dreary urban environment. We even get some doll heads thrown in (which appear to symbolize each "disappeared" subject). The description of the "graffiti" on the walls was chilling and as it spread, it felt like a cancer was beginning to metastasize in this already corrupted space.
So what in the world happened in this story? Well... I have a theory or two. As I was reading this very strange story, I initially begun to think that perhaps we were dealing with the exploration of 10 fractured personalities, all belonging to the single schizophrenic mind of one "doctor" Onsay. Perhaps this "study" was an attempt to heal his broken mind.
However, as our story vaulted forward into the abyss, we get a wonderful thematic exploration of entropy and the effects of such a dark and chaotic force.
Thomas handles the theorizing with a deft touch, via one of our Subject's (#2) musings about mathematical theory. At the end of the story, I finally concluded that each of the 10 test subjects all represented separate entropic closed micro-states. As these separate micro-states continued to decay per the entropic force exerted upon them, the only conclusion for each were to be a complete and total collapse upon themselves. For the most part we don't actually see each subject disappear, but Thomas, at one point, does give us a disturbing picture of how a subject is "yanked" out of the study, and the disturbing residue/resonance of non-existence is left behind for each remaining subject (or micro-state) to be further harrowed into deeper entropic corruption.
As subjects disappear from the study, the remaining subjects begin acquiring memories, personalities, and even physical characteristics (a la subject #3) of previous subjects. I begun to understand what was really happening in this study. Ultimately, each closed micro-state (subjects 1-10) were slowly being reduced to the end entropic result (non-existence), with the characteristics of each subject being synthesized into remaining micro-states, until finally, the last and final remaining micro-state collapses and is synthesized into a new a fully reborn macro-state. Hence we have a Subject 11, which is the synthesis of all the previous 10 subjects.
How Dr. Onsay (Once) figured out the riddle to solving entropic decay and reversing the direction is completely unknown to me... but not to a mad scientist!!
Thomas is a highly literate story teller, who regularly explores the darkly weird with such amazing tales. Subject 11 hits the mark on so many different levels.
I can't recommend this truly weird tale enough!!
For our setting, we have what appears to be either a mental ward or factory (or perhaps both) in the full throes of entropic decay (very Ligottian). As I followed our test subjects through Thomas' maze, I truly felt transported to another dark realm that was firmly ensconced in a banal and dreary urban environment. We even get some doll heads thrown in (which appear to symbolize each "disappeared" subject). The description of the "graffiti" on the walls was chilling and as it spread, it felt like a cancer was beginning to metastasize in this already corrupted space.
So what in the world happened in this story? Well... I have a theory or two. As I was reading this very strange story, I initially begun to think that perhaps we were dealing with the exploration of 10 fractured personalities, all belonging to the single schizophrenic mind of one "doctor" Onsay. Perhaps this "study" was an attempt to heal his broken mind.
However, as our story vaulted forward into the abyss, we get a wonderful thematic exploration of entropy and the effects of such a dark and chaotic force.
Thomas handles the theorizing with a deft touch, via one of our Subject's (#2) musings about mathematical theory. At the end of the story, I finally concluded that each of the 10 test subjects all represented separate entropic closed micro-states. As these separate micro-states continued to decay per the entropic force exerted upon them, the only conclusion for each were to be a complete and total collapse upon themselves. For the most part we don't actually see each subject disappear, but Thomas, at one point, does give us a disturbing picture of how a subject is "yanked" out of the study, and the disturbing residue/resonance of non-existence is left behind for each remaining subject (or micro-state) to be further harrowed into deeper entropic corruption.
As subjects disappear from the study, the remaining subjects begin acquiring memories, personalities, and even physical characteristics (a la subject #3) of previous subjects. I begun to understand what was really happening in this study. Ultimately, each closed micro-state (subjects 1-10) were slowly being reduced to the end entropic result (non-existence), with the characteristics of each subject being synthesized into remaining micro-states, until finally, the last and final remaining micro-state collapses and is synthesized into a new a fully reborn macro-state. Hence we have a Subject 11, which is the synthesis of all the previous 10 subjects.
How Dr. Onsay (Once) figured out the riddle to solving entropic decay and reversing the direction is completely unknown to me... but not to a mad scientist!!
Thomas is a highly literate story teller, who regularly explores the darkly weird with such amazing tales. Subject 11 hits the mark on so many different levels.
I can't recommend this truly weird tale enough!!
November 26, 2013
Cutting right to the chase, Subject 11 is one of the best novellas I've read all year. Jeffrey Thomas is at his best in this eerie story following a group of ten people (five women and five men) taking part in a mysterious experiment. I'll keep this review short, as the novella is about 90 pages and I wouldn't want to give anything away.
The setting is Ligottian urban decay at it's finest, as the experiment takes part in an abandoned complex of old, decrepit buildings. The ten participants are not allowed to tell their real names to each other, and instead refer to each other by their numbers. The particulars of the experiment are unknown to the participants, they just have to follow a simple list of rules: they can't share their names, they take the pills provided every morning, and once per day they must each enter a "confessional room" where they are free to talk about anything.
Thomas develops this story perfectly, and it's clear from the start that there is something sinister about the experiment. It's hard to put down, and the pacing doesn't let up. The mysteries are enticing, and Thomas brings them together for an ending that is sure to linger long in the minds of readers.
Originally appeared on my blog, The Arkham Digest.
The setting is Ligottian urban decay at it's finest, as the experiment takes part in an abandoned complex of old, decrepit buildings. The ten participants are not allowed to tell their real names to each other, and instead refer to each other by their numbers. The particulars of the experiment are unknown to the participants, they just have to follow a simple list of rules: they can't share their names, they take the pills provided every morning, and once per day they must each enter a "confessional room" where they are free to talk about anything.
Thomas develops this story perfectly, and it's clear from the start that there is something sinister about the experiment. It's hard to put down, and the pacing doesn't let up. The mysteries are enticing, and Thomas brings them together for an ending that is sure to linger long in the minds of readers.
Originally appeared on my blog, The Arkham Digest.
October 11, 2022
4.5 Stars
What the heck did I just read?? What kind of research experiment, testing, control group weirdness is this?? Did those things happen or did the subjects just think they happened??
Money to be a part of research of this type. Nope. Nada. No thank you; but enjoy, love.
What the heck did I just read?? What kind of research experiment, testing, control group weirdness is this?? Did those things happen or did the subjects just think they happened??
Money to be a part of research of this type. Nope. Nada. No thank you; but enjoy, love.
February 17, 2015
Review: SUBJECT 11 by Jeffrey Thomas
I found this novella extraordinary. I think if we set Jeffrey Thomas to work on String Theory, we might have a Unified Field Theory at last. That's how tautly derived is this story. Like Ouroboros or the Mobius strip (a prime figure here), we start at the beginning, continue to the end--except that end is once again the beginning, and no, that's not spinning in circles: that's quantum observation. SUBJECT 11 is true philosophical horror. Loved it.
I found this novella extraordinary. I think if we set Jeffrey Thomas to work on String Theory, we might have a Unified Field Theory at last. That's how tautly derived is this story. Like Ouroboros or the Mobius strip (a prime figure here), we start at the beginning, continue to the end--except that end is once again the beginning, and no, that's not spinning in circles: that's quantum observation. SUBJECT 11 is true philosophical horror. Loved it.
February 14, 2012
What lengths would you go to for $4,000?
Would you be willing to spend a few days--or weeks, months, or is it years?--cooped up in a series of old buildings in the winter--or is it spring or summer?--sleeping on the floor with 9--or is it 10?--total strangers while a doctor--is he or she even a doctor at all?--sends your daily meals to you down a PVC pipe along with a batch of pills for you to take?
Oh, and one last thing: You just need to go to a creepy little confessional every day, spout out your innermost secrets, and try to decipher the ever-growing amount of coded grafitti that keeps appearing on the walls, and try to determine why someone--kids or other subjects from other concurrent experiments?--leave doll heads lying around in neatly arranged piles for you to find.
Confused yet? Good. Welcome to the vivid imagination of Jeffrey Thomas and his latest novella SUBJECT 11, a weird and wild suspense--or is it mystery or horror?--tale of mad science, identity crises, memory loss, murder, and just plain craziness. In fact, by the time you're done reading SUBJECT 11, you'll start to question your own sanity, wondering if you've missed something, some small detail that might help you discover that...01000101001010110101010.
Highly entertaining and utterly original, I suggest you take the experiment yourself.
Would you be willing to spend a few days--or weeks, months, or is it years?--cooped up in a series of old buildings in the winter--or is it spring or summer?--sleeping on the floor with 9--or is it 10?--total strangers while a doctor--is he or she even a doctor at all?--sends your daily meals to you down a PVC pipe along with a batch of pills for you to take?
Oh, and one last thing: You just need to go to a creepy little confessional every day, spout out your innermost secrets, and try to decipher the ever-growing amount of coded grafitti that keeps appearing on the walls, and try to determine why someone--kids or other subjects from other concurrent experiments?--leave doll heads lying around in neatly arranged piles for you to find.
Confused yet? Good. Welcome to the vivid imagination of Jeffrey Thomas and his latest novella SUBJECT 11, a weird and wild suspense--or is it mystery or horror?--tale of mad science, identity crises, memory loss, murder, and just plain craziness. In fact, by the time you're done reading SUBJECT 11, you'll start to question your own sanity, wondering if you've missed something, some small detail that might help you discover that...01000101001010110101010.
Highly entertaining and utterly original, I suggest you take the experiment yourself.
January 28, 2015
A strange but compelling novella that offers only the bare number of answers in posing an array of mystifying questions, Jeffrey Thomas' Subject 11 might be considered overly complicated by some and deftly intriguing by others. This reader fell somewhere in between, truly appreciating the overall mystery, but having trouble accepting the many short-cuts required to buy into the story fully. (For example, just how idiotic people could be when prompted with a wad of cash.)
Recommended to those looking for a quick but thought-provoking read.
3 Last Confessions for Subject 11.
Recommended to those looking for a quick but thought-provoking read.
3 Last Confessions for Subject 11.
August 23, 2015
There is no preamble to Subject 11, it starts out already in the middle of some weirdness, and the reader figures out really quickly how all this got started. I thought this was a great way for the writer to skip all the tedious, self-conscious beginnings of a story and just drop you in the middle after things have already gotten moving. It's hard to explain, you'll just have to read it.
The basic plot: 10 people (we never know exactly who they are) have volunteered to stay in this giant old factory/hospital/prison (we never know exactly what it is) for some kind of voluntary experiment (we never know exactly what it is), and almost immediately things start going wrong. It's hard to tell more without ruining parts of the book. But trust me, it's completely unsettling, and in the typical lightning-fast narrative style of Jeffrey Thomas, you never need to wait around long for the action or the plot to pull you in.
The basic plot: 10 people (we never know exactly who they are) have volunteered to stay in this giant old factory/hospital/prison (we never know exactly what it is) for some kind of voluntary experiment (we never know exactly what it is), and almost immediately things start going wrong. It's hard to tell more without ruining parts of the book. But trust me, it's completely unsettling, and in the typical lightning-fast narrative style of Jeffrey Thomas, you never need to wait around long for the action or the plot to pull you in.
February 3, 2012
After having experienced Jeffrey Thomas through "Honey Is Sweeter Than Blood" I wanted to see how a longer story would be spun by the author. The story pulls you in through oily black elastic strands and will make you feel (much like the “subjects” in the story) like your one step behind what is really happening.
An intriguing story, which seems simple at first (a few test subjects, a simple routine, a stark location), but which unravels or rather tangles over an unknown spectrum of time as you try to make sense of what is right in front of you in black and white. I’m not sure if my mind warped along with the subjects, but the ending left me a bit confused. So in the spirit of continuing the experiments of Dr. Onsay: “Looking for subjects to read this book, review it, and let me absorb your conclusions.”
An intriguing story, which seems simple at first (a few test subjects, a simple routine, a stark location), but which unravels or rather tangles over an unknown spectrum of time as you try to make sense of what is right in front of you in black and white. I’m not sure if my mind warped along with the subjects, but the ending left me a bit confused. So in the spirit of continuing the experiments of Dr. Onsay: “Looking for subjects to read this book, review it, and let me absorb your conclusions.”
May 5, 2013
This was an excellent novella that kept my attention throughout making me think. The pacing of this was great and the plot and story was unlike anything I've read before. More than once I stopped and thought about it, trying to think if something I'd just read was keeping with something earlier in the story. This was confusing at times, but that put me more into the story than I would have been otherwise. The characters in this were seeming confused at times. I loved this novella and highly recommend it. Was my first read from Thomas, but it won't be my last!
December 1, 2012
I like my novella's short. I always feel like if I am going to read a long piece, I'd rather just read a novel. So when I started Subject 11, I was grumpy because of the length. But then the story pulled me in, like the oily black tentacles of some extra-dimensional beast. This is a hell of a story--a crazy, freaky, bizarre, story that grabs on and won't let go. The ending is confusing, but only because it has to be. But in the end, or should I say in the beginning, everything comes together.
September 25, 2015
Wow
This book was utterly creepy and mind blowing. At first it took me a while to figure out that the subjects were slowly disappearing. Then more and more creepy things kept happening. I had to finish the book in one setting because i wanted to find out what happens next.
This book was utterly creepy and mind blowing. At first it took me a while to figure out that the subjects were slowly disappearing. Then more and more creepy things kept happening. I had to finish the book in one setting because i wanted to find out what happens next.
March 14, 2020
A mysterious research study...
'SUBJECT 11' is like a strange mixture of 'The Experiment', 'Session 9', and drugs ;) A lot of drugs.
I have a couple of unanswered questions, but I enjoyed the story.
'SUBJECT 11' is like a strange mixture of 'The Experiment', 'Session 9', and drugs ;) A lot of drugs.
I have a couple of unanswered questions, but I enjoyed the story.
October 2, 2015
Jeffrey Thomas is quickly becoming one of my new favorite authors. This story had the same surrealistic quality that I've enjoyed in his other books and a very compelling premise.
March 15, 2020
Compelling
Read on one big gulp. A puzzle and a mystery that you want to pursue. Will be reading other works by this author.
Read on one big gulp. A puzzle and a mystery that you want to pursue. Will be reading other works by this author.
March 15, 2020
Interesting horroe tales of an unknown experiment. The paid volunteers slowly disappear, but due to ingested drugs, cannot remember the disappeared people. Story turns really weird toward the end.
September 16, 2019
Jeffrey Thomas' Subject 11 is a fascinating, dark little tale of weirdness. 10 volunteers agree to take part in a research study conducted by a Dr. Onsay. The 10 anonymous subjects (required to only refer to each other as their assigned number from 1-10) are forced to live together in an apparently abandoned and derelict facility (a former factory or perhaps a former hospital) and have no contact with the outside world (other than the receipt of the thrice daily food and medicine drop from an unseen source through a pipe in the ceiling of one of their rooms) for an unspecified period of time. The subjects know nothing about the purposes of the study and other than not reveling their identities to one another and staying inside the facility, all that they have to do is take their daily medicine and make a daily individual confessional in a specified and otherwise empty room. I won’t talk about any details of the plot but suffice it to say that things take a turn for the weird. Thomas has a deft hand with the describing the unnerving details of urban decay that make up the setting and in crafting an atmosphere pregnant with tension. He also crafts wonderfully weird and surreal imagery. The story while ending where I figured it would, leaves plenty of ambiguity as to how and why it ended up there and as to what the ending means to be a thoroughly satisfying Weird Tale. Highly recommended.
August 25, 2015
Welllllllll....this book was definitely a grabber, once I started I couldn't put it down, I had to see how it ended. Now that I have finished it...one word to describe this novella... sorry I can't come up with just one word,the words that do come to mind are: engrossing, disturbing, fascinating, disconcerting, unsettling and disquieting. Needless to say I recommend this story. I will say that it left me scratching my head, and a day later I am still trying to figure out what happened. I know what happened but I mean what was really going on...still processing it.
Happy Reading!
Happy Reading!
January 24, 2016
Quite a decent, psychological mind-bender. Some of the characters barely exist, they aren't really ever fully fleshed out; but despite this, it's a gripping read with a dash of almost everything to it. If you pay attention, you can flush out what's actually happening in the book fairly early. However, in the end, it still has some aspect of both horror, thriller, and twisted fun. Worth the read.
December 7, 2017
One Strange Trip
Thomas must have a fabulously twisted mind to create such surreal stories that keep you constantly questioning reality. One of the best novellas that I have read in years.
Thomas must have a fabulously twisted mind to create such surreal stories that keep you constantly questioning reality. One of the best novellas that I have read in years.
August 4, 2015
Like everything else I've read by Jeffrey Thomas, this was absolutely wonderful! <3
Very weird with many unexpected twists...
Very weird with many unexpected twists...
March 21, 2020
Don’t know the author, not familiar with his Punktown universe, heard the name, found a short freebie, thought why not…And well…interesting. What a strange story, I confess, I’m a fan of these sorts of stories, sociological and/or psychological experiments, preferably in an enclosed undisclosed location. And this one was all kinds of creepy, 10 people desperate to make $4000 are locked in in a creepy old building undergoing…let’s say psychological and temporal personality distortions. Seriously, that’s probably all there is to say about it without giving too much away. It’s certainly a clever story, the Moebius tape curve to the narrative and a doozy of an ending. Not sure if it’s an enjoyable read as such, it’s disturbing for sure, maybe would have delivered more of a punch as a short story without drawing out the messed upness of it all over 89 pages. I’m glad I checked it out, liked it ok, didn’t love it, not the sort of thing that makes one want to track down every book the author’s written. Genre wise it’s probably somewhere along the lines of The New Weird. Which is to say a very acquired taste. If you do like this sort of thing, Jeff VanderMeer and Jeff Noon working in the genre are absolutely terrific. Quick read too. Nd that ending…it plays in your mind like a movie. Very effective.
May 31, 2020
3.5/5
A bunch of strangers take part in a strange experiment. Little is known about the purpose of the hypothesis, although there are clues: the subjects (they go by numbers, not names) must give daily confessions, and we learn that there are quite a few skeletons in the closet. Given the mysterious circumstances, most of the characters remain impassive throughout this novella, and my curiosity piqued only when they were dealing with various obstacles and startling discoveries found throughout the institution.
The story eventually levels out, but as we reach the conclusion, it’s as if a hybrid plot discrediting the whole experiment evolved, and given the its length, there’s really no room for repair. I wanted the predicable payoff-perhaps a ‘Cabin in the Woods’ or ‘Saw’ conclusion, but Thomas offers something cryptically abstruse.
There’s still some attractive feats about ‘Subject 11’ and I would still recommend this read.
A bunch of strangers take part in a strange experiment. Little is known about the purpose of the hypothesis, although there are clues: the subjects (they go by numbers, not names) must give daily confessions, and we learn that there are quite a few skeletons in the closet. Given the mysterious circumstances, most of the characters remain impassive throughout this novella, and my curiosity piqued only when they were dealing with various obstacles and startling discoveries found throughout the institution.
The story eventually levels out, but as we reach the conclusion, it’s as if a hybrid plot discrediting the whole experiment evolved, and given the its length, there’s really no room for repair. I wanted the predicable payoff-perhaps a ‘Cabin in the Woods’ or ‘Saw’ conclusion, but Thomas offers something cryptically abstruse.
There’s still some attractive feats about ‘Subject 11’ and I would still recommend this read.
December 12, 2023
I was just browsing TikTok before bed when I came across a video of the "Doodle House" and it triggered an almost visceral reaction in me as I suddenly remembered bits of a book that I barely remembered reading...I had to track down my emailed receipt of "The Beyond Weird Bundle" from November 2022 to find the title of the book. Apparently I never rated it here, however. I looked under the "books" channel on a Discord server I'm active on and all I said was "I read a short book yesterday. It's called...Subject 11? I think?... It was confusing. And there were typos. But it wasn't terrible. I'd say like...3.5 or 4 out of 5."
This has done nothing to alleviate the feeling that this whole thing has been a fever dream.
This has done nothing to alleviate the feeling that this whole thing has been a fever dream.
May 17, 2020
Entertaining, a pretty good and quick-reading story.
September 30, 2025
Meh. Weird for the sake of it
March 8, 2015
Strange story
I think this was one of the most bizarre books I've ever read. Does that make it good or bad? A little of both I guess. It was hard to keep the characters straight at first since they were given numbers instead of names. The fact that women were odd numbers and men were even helped. It was a good book really, just messed up. ***spoiler alert*** It was strange to see these characters change, and forget basic info about themselves and everyone and everything else. And to be honest I didn't see what was really happening until one of the characters pretty much said it out loud. It just felt like something was missing from the story though, or I probably would have given it more stars.
I think this was one of the most bizarre books I've ever read. Does that make it good or bad? A little of both I guess. It was hard to keep the characters straight at first since they were given numbers instead of names. The fact that women were odd numbers and men were even helped. It was a good book really, just messed up. ***spoiler alert*** It was strange to see these characters change, and forget basic info about themselves and everyone and everything else. And to be honest I didn't see what was really happening until one of the characters pretty much said it out loud. It just felt like something was missing from the story though, or I probably would have given it more stars.
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