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This is a fantasy novel dressed up like a literary novel to fool people into thinking they aren't reading a genre book. I wonder if the author knows that or if it fooled him too.
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Connor Rooke
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Stephen King wrote himself into his own novels, author as manifestation of cosmic imperative, and it was less grating than this 2 sentence mention of the Great and Tragic Burden of Writerly Fate.
Some of that may have been from how his own characters weren't impressed and clearly thought he was a jagoff.
— Jan 26, 2026 07:11PM
Some of that may have been from how his own characters weren't impressed and clearly thought he was a jagoff.
Connor Rooke
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"You mentioned to me that first evening of our voyage that you thought might have been born to be a writer. What a terrible thing, I think."
Broadly I'm enjoying this book but every now and again I get to a part that's difficult to read, because it's hard to keep the book still while also making sarcastic jerk-off motions.
— Jan 26, 2026 07:05PM
Broadly I'm enjoying this book but every now and again I get to a part that's difficult to read, because it's hard to keep the book still while also making sarcastic jerk-off motions.
