Status Updates From This Is Not a Ghost Story

Oh joy they finally found one another. now to figure out how they fit

“At fourteen, Persephone Cross’s best years were behind her”

i need the author to make a choice on how rooted in reality we are. Because we have a fake president, but also the Russian-Ukraine stuff, and a direct reference to Trump and Obama?
WHERE ARE WE 😭

okay so clearly we CAN write captivating prose. John just sucks. I like Persephone. More her. Less john
(I think maybe it’s because john knows absolutely nothing and doesn’t seem to care, so i’m not intrigued by his mystery. Persephone isnt telling us things on purpose)

not a fan of the race commentary so far

Mostly because like.
“Understanding john would require first filtering him through a standard (read: white) counterpart.”

It just doesn’t read very well? Idk very anti- show don’t tell
like amerie is just grabbing you and going “IM MAKING A COMMENT ON RACE RIGHT NOW”

so far i’m not really falling into the writing style. it’s so objective, which i’m sure is supposed to be showing some separation from John and us but like. dang i don’t care about this guy at all rn. I like Ruben but the descriptions just feel really detached? probably that’s the point but still. meh.

Meh. Idk. Very cool premise, but I have a lot of unanswered questions, and I think more could have been done. 3.5 I suppose.