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what if the real horror is children

"that Yugoslavian city that sounds like 'lube job'" hey, i've been there!

"In man and fish, wriggling is a sign of inferiority" ishmael STOPPPP

Ishmael u crack me up, "your head steams when you think deep thoughts. No really one time i sat in front of a mirror and pondered really hard and steam came off my head" girl what

Ishmael: Phrenology is a dumb fantasy that can't tell you anything
Me: -Nods-
Ishmael: People should really judge character based on the spine instead
Me: No—

Can already tell I'm going to whizz through this, it's so good

Picked this up in the bookstore and eyes were IMMEDIATELY glued to the page

Ok, I'm interested

It's rare that I dislike a book this strongly so early, but I'm getting a bit "bitch eating crackers" about the writing style. I can't help but compare the setting to Tanith Lee's scifi, but this writing voice is so dead by comparison. Everything is maddeningly "tell" not "show," the characters are so passive I was actively squicked by the last chapter, and the gross-out depictions of poverty just kind of make me mad

Well, the sudden and casual anti-Hispanic racism baked into this futuristic worldbuilding isn't making me feel great

I'm about to become so annoying about Captain Ahab

FINALLY found an audiobook narrator that doesn't grate on my ears

Stephen's efforts to keep bees aboard a ship are ADORABLE