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The Damn Minotaur…

I will NEVER get over how this book uses space to its advantage and how this space often juxtaposes Johnny’s mental state. It’s so cool

Read a chapter but I love the double meaning of the formatting of it… maaaaan

LOVE the way space is used to convey a meaning holy shit

Chapter 9 is such a slog, oh my goodness

Holy shit, this labyrinth chapter goes on forever and the end is never the end and I am so engrossed by this book. Holy moly

Gotta love a good excursion into the Dark Hallway with an Endless Staircase and it’s all Fathomably Dark and Spooky

I have done some math. This is the percent of the book that I’ve read including the appendices.

I don’t know how to mark this in terms of page numbers. I have gotten to page 74, but I read appendix II-E (which is about 50 or so pages of Johnny’s mom writing to him). I guess it’s an appendix so it doesn’t count? Idk.

Anyway holy shit that was a lore drop on Johnny. It was excellently told too. I’m glad it’s shown in this fragmented manner.

My homeboy Johnny is down bad holyyy
Though I miss the plot of the manuscript. Bring it back :-(

BRO

This guy gets uninvited to a party and then proceeds to break into the party, announce himself, make a fool of himself, do a series of inappropriate behaviors, and then gets kicked out. And the narrator still refers to him as "the true and only hero of this story." Fascinating.

I ended up finishing the chapter I was on after I put my update, oops.

There is no way Mr Golyadkin doesn't have either anxiety, autism, or some mixture of both considering what just happened in this first doctor's appointment.

I know i just mentioned that i like how morally grey this guy is but maaaaaaaaaan

I very much enjoy how much Marcos is a morally grey character. Very well written, very conflicting

What a plot man

The switch from how intense and dark the first chapter is and how simple the start of the second chapter is is so lovely. Gotta love getting whiplash from reading

I swear I know this guy blinks, you don’t need to remind me over and over again