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beautiful introduction, i like it so far! daniel is very witty and the writing style is pretty. clara you seem sweet but you're a schemer and daniel listen to ur dad bc why tf would you do that

i feel teary eyed revisiting this book and im reminded why this is my favorite. im floored by the layered, intimate writing and theres just something about david that makes me connect with him so much. (horrible, ik.)

i am so drained, and im not sure if that's a good or bad thing for this book. i was morbidly enthusiastic about the sluts for a reason: depraved and twisted desires in a internet-styled book. it absolutely delivers on that front, and i am lowk traumatized. but i can't help but feel like there's something off abt the way this story is being told? bouncing between so many users and formats is smart, but idk. we'll see

oh my god what the fuck.

i feel like a detective and im doing my job HORRIBLY
im really enjoying so far. cooper does a great job at replicating the obscure online forum feel. i feel like i can't move onto the next escort without mapping out wtf i just read: so much bs from different reviewers and god this imagery is gross. feel so bad for brad (stevie?) because nobody should be in this situation to begin with, but oh my god ew.

help me

im questioning the more passive themes. i don't think blatty is trying to fearmonger sex, but i see where he uses it to advance the horror aspect by writing abt satanic, sometimes gay orgies with animals or christian icnonography. regan's demon is also extremely predatory towards her and the before (innocent, "angelic")vs after (lustful, rotting, "the devil") is really apparent. rlly unsettling either way

been in a little bit of a reading freeze, but now im back in. this book is getting really enjoyable! regan is still freaking me out. not in issue with the book itself, but more on the audiobook side: blatty edits his book as he reads, and it sometimes takes me out of the story. it's a little annoying, especially when you get to more intense scenes. the last page of part one had me skipping half the page.

taking my personal bias out of it, the writing is... pretentious. halfway through and only a few lines are memorable; the rest of it is either really bland, moderately successful ragebait, or repetetive and unecessary. you can tell whoever this person is, they thought they were doing their big one.

bored and my ego wants to properly shit on this book

regan??
im very curious abt how god, spirits, and authority are playing into this book. regan's father is deadbeat and the characters are starting to attribute this to her erratic behavior. father karras has lost his faith in god. chris, an athiest, has become distrusting of doctors and is fascinated in psychics and spiritual beings. the puzzle pieces are everywhere, but these are connected somehow. i just know it.

jumping back into horror with this book, and im very excited. the prologue is mysterious and im wondering how pazuzu is gonna connect to chris and her daughter regan (the card in father merrin's wallet was outdated 12 years late; regan is 11 👀) the writing is relatively easy, consise, and i can just tell this book is gonna be intense.

CHARLES?
that letter was so out of nowhere, and it kind of makes me sad. but im glad we're not entirely done with adam trask and his story yet; i love cal and aron, but i was a little worried that the book was going to start moving faster. i hope i can see their development through adam's inheritance as they move to salinas. dessie and tom are so sweet, they reminded me of me and my older sister🥹

and so the next generation begins! its bittersweet, but im glad that adam got his redemption ("im free!") and lee hasn't forgetten his dreams. the hamiltons, cathy, and the trask brothers left a legacy will imprint on aron, cal, and abra but im sure they'll bring their own unique twist on their family legacies. super excited. samuel you legend 💐

caleb and aaron finally have a name bro adam what were u doing🥹 i wish i had more knowledge to the biblical allusions being made in this book. im glad that the verses were spoonfed to me, but im sure there are some fun easter eggs im missing too lol

cathy/kate... girl.

absolutely LOVING samuel's development and his conversation with lee has been my favorite convo in the book so far. samuel is already a charmer but there's a vulnerability between the two that reveals how much more there is to learn about them compared to how they were introduced. i just hope he gets his bag bc the world is sending him so many warnings. let him get paid and cathy DO NOT fuck with him istg

god i love evil women
ok but actually tho ihy cathy but THANK YOU for spicing this shit up. it was already tense and i think she's made this so much worse. i wanna feel for adam, but like.... come on bro.

cathy is introduced as monstrous, and im immediately skeptical. is she really evil? or is it just a framing thing? dont get me wrong, she's NOT a saint but from how the story's been told so far, women seem to be held to different moral standards and they take 2nd to male characters (every "mrs" has been introduced AFTER "mr" and theyre given less description.) either way, love her character and she's...fire.🥁

i am SO excited to see whats happening between adam and charles. each of their character development has been really good, and late cyrus is now setting the groundwork for GENERATIONAL fucking beef. curious abt the way "concuspiscence" and sexual diseases play into the themes of morality. its been a minute since ive read a 600+ page book; a little daunting, but i just know this is gonna get so good.