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This was messed up lol

This book is really making me understand how this genre is meant to create discomfort in the reader, but I think it’s also meant to force you to think about things in ways you’re not used to.
It could be easy to dismiss the main character as nothing more than a deeply troubled incel w/ narcissistic traits, and he is that, but he’s also a deeply traumatised and hurt young man who started as a product of neglect.

Finished the first novella, Dradin, in Love. I cannot stress enough how phenomenal this story is. Easy 5/5, BRB gotta go write an essay about it. VanderMeer, your mind is a crazy place.

Very interesting and a different read for me.

I’m doing it, I’m finally doing it. Had to read an excerpt of this for a college class and I’ve danced around reading the whole thing for years.

Normally wouldn’t update progress this quickly, but this is definitely weird fiction. The main character so far sounds to be definitely deranged in a particular way that I feel like I’ve seen before. A person that can convince themselves that any stray thought that pops into their mind is somehow correct. He reminds me a bit of the villain from the golem and the genie.