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This hooked me really quick. The world building is very sick! Love all the different types of species and creatures. Sharon has been wanting me to read this for like a year, I finally see why. Excited to rip through this.

Loved this shit at the bar with Jim Stacey. I really don't think that works in the movie, which is why it's so nice to have here. Of course Tarantino had to insert himself in here somehow, but I was enjoying the story too much to care. One chapter to go.

Squeaky comes off like a total G in this chapter. Makes Cliff seem like a doofus for coming up

Also read the following chapter with Aldo Ray, there's something I really liked about this. All this Cliff Booth stuff is making me excited for his movie coming out in the summer.

Weird little convo here. I really love the Trudi character but this became a bit too much for me. It was interesting tho.

Cliff would love Mr. Manson, this is hilarious. Can't wait to rewatch the movie and compare these to one another.

Decent chapter, it's cool that the story shifts for the POV of the show Rick Dalton is in. The plot is interesting enough for this to work, but not interesting enough to make me love a full chapter like this. Cool idea

YAY CLIFF BOOTH LORE!!!!!!!

Mid chapter, Jim Stacey was a cool character to have a chapter about but I would've preferred more of his interactions over the back story and lore of the time. The final few pages with his 2 convos were much better.

The Sharon Tate stuff works way better in this book compared to the movie. This chapter with her seeing her own movie is much more interesting with the ideas going on in her brain for context, the film makes it seem forced, but this was great

The fight with Bruce Lee plays out a lot better here than in the film. It does a good job of explaining both of their mentalities.

Marabella is awesome, but this chapter was twice as long as it needed to be, most of the added context wasn't super interesting

The Manson stuff is probably my least favourite part of the film, however, this context was more interesting than expected

THIS IS WHY WE'RE HERE, MORE CLIFF BOOTH WIFE KILLING LORE!!!

Got so immersed into this chapter that I forgot it's just the plot of an episode of a show Rick Dalton is going to be in. The way Tarantino cares about this material and every piece inside of it is actually insane, mostly in a good way to the point.

The in depth on all the characters like Polanski and Raymond (whoever tf that is) is getting to be a lot. However, it is an enjoyable read, just a little confusing and relies on your memory of the film. Also it just casually jumps time a lot in this chapter for no reason, like why did we reveal the ending and jump to Rick in the 70s for like 2 pages? I think I liked it but it certainly was odd.

Cool way to introduce Sharon Tate, I liked that quick chaptahh

Solid, not too much to say about this one

Loved the story of how Cliff got and met his dog, but can't believe it's just slipped in that he killed his wife. I hope we get more details on that later in the book, that's one of the biggest reasons I wanted to read this, so I hope that's not all the context we get there. I like the chapters like this one

Much better than the last chapter. LOVED the story with the pig. I'm starting to understand what this book is going to be I think. The added backstory and context for Rick and Cliff is awesome, I just don't care about Tarantino geeking about movies. The stuff about Polanski was fine but I hope that's not in every chapter.

This second chapter was so annoying, Tarantino just used this as a random wishful diary about 60s movies, it was cool for the first couple pages until I realized that was the entire chapter. My god bruv

This second chapter was so annoying, Tarantino just used this as a random wishful diary about 60s movies, it was cool for the first couple pages until I realized that was the entire chapter. My god bruv

I like the differences in the opening convo compared to the movie. The fact that it doesn't have any thoughts or flashback to the flame thrower and adding those internal feelings has me really excited for how the rest of the book will play out. I don't think the movie could open with this scene, but it works well here. Looking forward to chapter 2