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Delightful! This is a really fun read so far.

I've enjoyed all the stories so far EXCEPT for the robot dog. But overall so far so good.

Oo, this one is *fun* so far. Not certain what the poor reviews are on about (yet, at least).

Fantastic. The second story made me cry in public.

Piggy is supposed to be the intelligent one?? How? This seems like a good example of telling and not showing.

Clara is awful.

It has gotten more interesting and I'm more invested, but it's hovering between a 3 and 4 rating. It depends on how it all comes together.

Enjoying it so far, loving the ominous touches. Most flows well, but the translation feels a tad strained sometimes.

I know I just started, but I've been looking forward to this one and to find friggin' similes every other sentence is really disappointing and distracting. Was it the same in We Used to Live Here? I don't remember the writing being this clunky.

I'm not reading the stories in order, I'm reading the stories relevant to Kadath first, but I *think* I'm about halfway through. Lovecraft must have had sooo much fun writing this, LOL.

It's "fine" so far. I'm a bit bored. I think third person works for the afterlife city but the Antarctic segments would have benefitted from first person - it's hard to connect with what Lisa is experiencing from the third.

This one drew me in quickly, enjoying it!

I still have no idea what is happening, only theories, but I'm riveted.

Super curious about what is actually going on with the narrator. Good so far.

Lovely meditation on friendship so far. Just reached part two.

Not a masterpiece, but it's fun! Saving the last 20% for my run tomorrow morning.

Lovely so far, Kang's prose and storytelling is a breath of fresh air after my last read.

Now this was the perfect choice for audio. Fun and easy to follow.

I had to switch from audio to Kindle to follow this. I ended up restarting completely and am caught up to where I was. It wasn't lack of attention, the prose is *meandering*. Reviews claim the second half of the book is much better, so fingers crossed. I've invested too much effort to DNF.

It's getting weird... really enjoying it now.

Listened while on a run, one of the upcoming twists was obvious within the first 20 minutes (I'm confident). But I think it might be more about the whys versus the twist itself, so I'm still interested.

I understand the low ratings - you need to dig into what Hong Kong was like at the time these stories were written in order to "get" them to some degree. If you don't do that homework, they will not make any sense. I'm enjoying the read so far.

This is... okay. It's my first Cisco and I was expecting more. It superficially reminds me of Vita Nostra plot-wise, and the writing is trying to be like The Obscene Bird of Night but isn't landing with the same impact.

Definitely surreal! A lot of the imagery seems to overlap with The Box Man (doctor, nurse), but this one is both lighter and more strange so far. And the writing is a bit flat (I've been reading a lot of surrealism lately, so in comparison).

I can't stop reading...

Very much enjoying this so far, well written and engaging. Only about 750 pages left to go!

I am *really* enjoying the ride, but I NEED to know what's going on, lol.

So far so good! I'm enjoying the pastoral feel with just tiny hints of something sinister. I'm really curious to see what this is building to.