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I am devastated by "A homosexual like Henry. A criminal." vs "I do not know. I never touched him. I do not know why I was chosen." I am absolutely wrecked over how painful this existence would be.

Gave him all that for a whole load of nothing. I guess the rich are easy to scam out of replenishable resources.

If a man asks you for your hair, tears, or blood (let alone all three) you should hit the deck NOT give them to him. Especially not if he calls you "His Little Spider"

Maybe I am reading too deep into things but you could not convince me at this point that "The Monster" does not represent Victor's homosexuality. He is running from his own identity, tied permanently to the manifestation of his "sin". Also he like killed a guy or whatever, that's besides the point.

I KNOW I'm almost done but the unreality/dissociation(?) of these last chapters is messing with my head so bad that I cannot bring myself to keep going. This is both a good thing for realism and a terrible thing for the mentally ill (me).

I got what I wanted at what cost.

I'm emotionally distraught and I fear I am siding with the unreliable narrator rather than believing in nuance.

I miss Lia, I'm glad we are getting Hamlett Horatio time but I miss Lia.... Where is she.... Where does she keep going....

Truth or Dare is in fact a queer right of passage but specifically in small group settings at far too old an age to be playing such a childish game.

Oh Hamlett you are so bipolar coded and I cannot tell if this was intentional or not but I love it either way.

Horatio and Hamlett are so Ape Dos Mil by Glassjaw to me.

The fact that this books is making me want to own a physical copy to making annotations and also read Hamlet in order to do a comparison... This is truly devastating news.

Oh the idea of reanimation as a punishment for being queer is deliciously painful, especially with the context of the time period.

Of course the texts about human reanimation and experimentation are going to discuss humans as object or ingredient rather than a living being. What exactly did you expect????? The morality police does not hang out with the guys who experiment on people and strip them of their free will???

I love subtle hints for polyamory actually building towards it instead of weird love triangles. I love polyamory in fiction so bad.

Oh Bithersea we're really in for it now, aren't we?

Perfectly normal and acceptable to describe killing someone and then say you can't picture it. I feel like you just did!

I love a good historical citation in my fictional adaptation to remind me of how the progress of science was at this point in time and how it would not have seemed THAT out of place for a man to attempt resurrection.

"Why is he showing me his girlfriend reaching his hand out to me to dance" you're being invited to the polycule horatio. he's dropping hints about the polycule horatio.

UNRELIABLE NARRATOR IN REAL TIME WE ARE EATING SO GOOD THANK YOU AUDEN PATRICK

I'm a big fan of the fact that being called "Hamlett" is earned out of respect for being a legacy but Hamlett refers to Horatio by last name as well. Whether its because he is used to everyone doing it for him or because he also sees Horatio as an equal in magical prowess is up for debate but its a really neat detail.

Every dark academia novel has to have the self-imposed outsider who has a "legitimate" reason for outcasting themselves despite the group they are connected with knowing this reason already and not caring.

there are tropes here that should make this an enjoyable read for me but I simply do not enjoy the way in which this narrative spins. The quest for revenge does not draw the reader in enough nor does it make good enough use of the state of undeath the main character is in.

I can't decide if I should finish this bc its so short or if I should dnf it because it is so. it is so.

I really could not tell you how I feel about this.

I didn't expect this book to actually convince me to try reading Rachel Harrison again but here we are.