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One of my favorite parts of this book is always the change from Victor’s tale to the Creature’s tale and you start to see just how much of a cowardly idiot Victor is despite his academic prowess. Why are men. Amen, Mary Shelly 🙌

This is my first time listening to it on audio and I’m enjoying that aspect a lot too.

I don’t know how different purchasing a house is in Scotland but the level of unprepared this woman is when she arrives at an empty property is astounding. She’s expecting stuff like she’s checking into an Airbnb. Yes, the cupboards are empty! Yes you have to actually contact the utility company yourself to have all that turned on….good lord. I’m going to assume her agent failed her.

Alina Pete’s “We Don’t Talk About It” hit hard and true. My favorite so far. Right in the Eldest Sister and addict/family of addict feels.

Slipper nooooooooo 😭😭 I knew this book would wreck me. I sobbed over Redwall and this is said to be a “more intense Redwall like tale”.

“It’s like having a god that looks only at you.”

*Shivers* 🥵😳

Ohhhhhhh it’s a Shit Man she’s trying to get revenge on. Okay. So convoluted Rube Goldberg Murder Machine is now also tinged with some “Good for Her” as well? 🤔

This Rankyo shaman lady should have taken a leaf out of Rasputin’s book for “religious zealotry scams”. Where’s her direct benefit in this Rube Goldberg Murder Machine???

The real villain is generational trauma??? Just love your kids and pretty much all horrific things would be eliminated 🤷‍♀️

“It’s hard to put into words. Here, look at this floor plan.”

I’m absolutely using this tactic the next time I don’t want to have a difficult conversation. Instead of asking for a raise at work, have you tried showing your boss the office’s floor plan and how it might pertain to the grander conversation??

“Author: So many books. As always.
Kurihara: That does seem to be where most of my money goes.”

The most relatable part (so far) 😅🤣

This is an absurd level of architecture and design for basic ass murder but it sure is fun to ponder. Almost like a murderous Rube Goldberg machine. “Step one: obtain a small child.”

Who got cannibalism in my rock climbing horror?? My lightning rod strikes again 🤷‍♀️🤣

I don’t want to victim blame but how do you forget a helmet for your belayer as a professional rock climber???
I say this while still being completely riveted by this book…I’m all about these ominous Kentucky wilderness vibes.

“A pause so pregnant it delivers, consumes its own spawn, then grows big with child again.”

The prose in this is fabulous, Bunny.

Jeez, Arthur. Can’t a woman just do a murder? 💁‍♀️

She’s not dead yet! She’s getting better! (Now I have an urge to rewatch Monty Python and the Holy Grail 😂)

“There’s someone standing in the corner. Someone just behind her. If she turns to look, it won’t be there. The corner will be empty. But if she doesn’t look, the thing will continue to stand there. Not breathing, not moving. Just watching her. Always.”

I finished the third chapter and yeah. That was sorta wild I guess. If you don’t have any experience in like, aO3 or fanfics. But this fourth chapter? What in the Elon Musk is this???

This book is wild.

Tananarive Due and Paul Tremblay are masters for a reason. I think their stories (“The Boat Man” and “The Story I Tell is the Story of Some of Us”) are gonna be top tier. They’re definitely my two favs from this section so far (although the one about the Grateful Dead fan trying to return Jerry Garcia’s finger was pretty funny).

“Maryellen aimed the gun at his chest. Her arms did not shake.” Don’t threaten a horsegirl’s horse. 💁‍♀️ #Appalachiarepresent

So far the most original concepts are “Grace” (astronauts stuck in space!) and “The African Painted Dog” (what would happen to the poor zoo animals??).
There are others that have good reflection/commentary on how people might cope with the fall of society but not the most original in story beats or setting.
Props to Lebbon and Ward (my beloved) for doing something different!

I’m reading this through an email subscription (same people as Dracula Daily) and I gotta say I am really debating on DNFing/unsubscribing. They recently had a long hiatus because the book itself had a long pause in dates between correspondences. And the one today was just still absolutely boring as hell. I’ve chuckled very mildly perhaps twice over the last 2 months? I don’t think it’s worth it…

“The rest of the world fell away, and she was on a dark island in this one precious moment when her father’s anger was directed at someone else, when Sen was perfect for him.”

I am seated. Shook. Enthralled. The complex “daddy issues” feels of this book…damn. I usually am only struck by complex motherhood exploration. Especially in horror. Baker is incredible.

Would a burning apple orchard smell like apple pie? 🤔