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Aaron Schmid
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I'm so torn by this book. Some parts are wonderfully brilliant. It captures so much essence: what it feels like to be a child, or a parent, an insomniac, a city-dweller, even an animal... This is a true mastery of language and artistic expression. It's magnificent. But it's also incredibly sad, lost, lonely, depraved, even destructive at times, or so it seems. I still feel like it's only just stopped beginning.
— Apr 27, 2026 12:57AM
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Aaron Schmid
is on page 503 of 779
The city is a sad place. The country is too, but with a different brand of whistfulness. I really like the mix of anathema and the inversons of space and time, but it does sort of take over and obscure the characters a bit. Everything feels metaphorical and cryptic in some weird, unintelligible, occult/pagan, fairie way. Reminds me of The King in Yellow a bit. I'm hoping it ends well. I think it'll end in mystery.
— Apr 30, 2026 05:15AM
Aaron Schmid
is on page 183 of 779
This book is almost a hundred years older than it feels at times. There's something very old and creepy and mystical about. It's reminding me of a lot of other fairy stories I've read (including 1Q84), but it also reminds me of Steinbeck and Garcia-Marquez. Timmy Willy has to be the most unfortunate name for a female character, haha, but I do love a lot of the other names: Daily Alice Drinkwater, Smoky Barnable etc.
— Apr 14, 2026 01:58AM