Status Update

Pisces51 is 72% done

Status Update would not upload last night. Refer also to Buddy Read Discussion Thread Splatterpunk Horror Book Club. I am currently vested in the plot and want to see how the story ends so to speak. It has been a pattern recently that I seem to be reading books that need to "wear on me" to motivate me to make it to the finish line. The characters are both symphathetic so I will stick with this fantasy till the end.

— Jan 25, 2026 06:08PM

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Pisces51 is 83% done

The ambience and the underlying tone has gone dark in the narrative and finally Cassidy has brought it....the raw horror. Jess confronts the terrible reality of her predicament where no solution seems like a viable one. Very close to the end at this juncture and am less disappointed overall already.

— Jan 26, 2026 06:08PM

Pisces51 is 50% done

I am becoming acclimated to the characters and the plot. I enjoyed the addition of the FBI Agent and the character of Cookie, Jess's mother in a retirement home. The boy "grows" on you. Thoughts translating into reality is not a new idea for psychic kids in paranormal fiction. Fears becoming real is some creative retooling. The writing is good, the editing clean, but the storyline remains a lightweight.

— Jan 22, 2026 06:22PM

Pisces51 is 39% done

Did not make it to 50% tonight. The storyline beginning to feel like I am in a Dean Koontz novel with secret government projects, covert tails on the good guys, and military defense secrets with experiments that went terribly wrong, X-Files vibe. Jess and "the boy" (main characters) not compelling. Cartoons brought to life, bullets that exclaim bang!!! before reaching a target ripping them apart. Alrighty then.

— Jan 20, 2026 06:18PM

Pisces51 is 25% done

I read the first quarter and I am not loving it. It seems like a mixture of sci fi and mythology with the wolf. That is my impression not a spoiler. I do not like that kind of mixing it up. The main characters are a young woman 30's and a little boy. The first person POV of Jess tries to be amusing. It is a Buddy Read so I will read it. Disappointed.

— Jan 20, 2026 02:13AM