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I’m finding this to be a challenge to read. Every time I pick it up, a new question or thought I want to make note of occurs to me. I have a running list in my review space. (At least it’s not scraps of paper or the backs of envelopes, right?) Ha ha ha O_O
— Jan 03, 2026 09:36AM
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Becky
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The main Navidson Record narrative is getting more interesting, finally, but I’m getting really annoyed by Johnny’s novel-length rambling drinking/drugs/sex/fighting/pretty girl stories bullshit notes. So boring to me, and I could not care less about any of that.
— Jan 08, 2026 10:11PM
Becky
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Well, that was enlightening and heartbreaking. The coded letter was intense, but what really broke me was the request for luggage, and the hope it represented that could never be realized. How sad. But enlightening regarding the reliability of the JT contributions.
— Jan 06, 2026 10:38PM
Becky
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Detouring off to read Johnny’s maternal correspondence, as suggested by the editor. Will be back to regular narrative page 74 shortly.
— Jan 04, 2026 10:35PM
Becky
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For someone who literally just days ago wrote a ranting review about excessive footnotes, you’d think that this book would be my kryptonite. But I am actually enjoying it quite a lot so far - the structure and purpose of the footnotes makes sense in this context.
— Jan 01, 2026 09:39AM
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This is a terrifying update for page 30 of 709.
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Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!* wrote: "This is a terrifying update for page 30 of 709."Tell me about it! Though one of my big questions was answered, and that helped a lot. In hindsight, it probably should have been obvious, or maybe was even explicitly stated and I missed it (there’s a lot going on!) but I feel like I’m starting to make some progress now.
lol I have no sympathy and all the sympathy at this stage. I got to around page 70 and threw it out the window. Well, I could have done but I’d borrowed it so instead I put it aside to politely return it to my friend whom loaned it to me.
Lisa - *OwlBeSatReading* wrote: "lol I have no sympathy and all the sympathy at this stage. I got to around page 70 and threw it out the window. Well, I could have done but I’d borrowed it so instead I put it aside to politely ret..."Oooh, interesting! Was it the reading process/experience, or something in the story that caused that reaction? I’ll be curious to see what happens when I get there.
Becky wrote: "Lisa - *OwlBeSatReading* wrote: "lol I have no sympathy and all the sympathy at this stage. I got to around page 70 and threw it out the window. Well, I could have done but I’d borrowed it so inste..."One word - footnotes 😂 bloody hell, the “design” of this book hurt my brain big time 🤣 I think I gave up at about 150 pages
Lisa - *OwlBeSatReading* wrote: "One word - footnotes 😂 bloody hell, the “design” of this book hurt my brain big time 🤣 I think I gave up at about 150 pages..."Gotcha! I am usually with you on that (as my recent review indicated lol) but I’m so far enjoying the way that they are used in this book.
Becky wrote: "Lisa - *OwlBeSatReading* wrote: "One word - footnotes 😂 bloody hell, the “design” of this book hurt my brain big time 🤣 I think I gave up at about 150 pages..."Gotcha! I am usually with you on th..."
I’m not jealous 🤣 I’d love to love this book 😭 one day…maybe I will
I’ll let you know if it’s worth the effort! ;)
I’m pretty sure the book is designed to be frustrating. Whether that is a worthwhile goal in and of itself, I guess reasonable minds can differ. For me, it was one of those “I appreciate the idea more than the execution” things.
Joshua wrote: "I’m pretty sure the book is designed to be frustrating. Whether that is a worthwhile goal in and of itself, I guess reasonable minds can differ. For me, it was one of those “I appreciate the idea m..."That is completely fair - not every book needs to work for every reader. Lord knows that I haven’t liked enough “viral sensations” to make me question the whole publishing industry and the entire reading community - but that’s just the way it goes sometimes. 😅
I've always said this was a brilliant 200-page horror novel wrapped in three times that many pages of mostly crap.
Tobin wrote: "I've always said this was a brilliant 200-page horror novel wrapped in three times that many pages of mostly crap."We’ll see if I agree with you in about 650 pages. :P
