Oma’s Reviews > Needful Things > Status Update

This is both hilarious and horrifying. Such a good read and narrative pacing.

“This idea that I owe more grief is still there part of the time, I can't deny that, but to my credit I know that it's nuts... because part of me—a lot of me, in fact—is still grieving."

“…Norris just had that kind of a stomach. Sheila Brigham liked to tease him by saying he was like Deputy Andy on that TV show Twin Peaks, but Norris knew he wasn't. Deputy Andy cried when he saw dead people. Norris didn't cry, but he was apt to puke on them,…” My worlds collide! 🤩🪵

“…but she felt in her heart (that secret repository where needs and fears elbowed each other continuously like uncomfortable passengers in a crowded subway car) that, while she might come here again, the lampshade was the only thing she would ever buy in Needful Things.