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is 25% done
My focus right now is not 100% -- BUT -- loving this book so far! Much of it has to do with the author's use of language -- I'm not following the story so well but being rolled along by its poetry. What a gift -- I'll listen to it 2ce, each time getting something different from the rich writing!
— Sep 16, 2021 01:51PM
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Donald Scoby
is 45% done
I'm about 1/2 way through -- a few things keep popping up ...
For some reason this makes me think of his Krampus book. Same audiobook narrator? Something in the writing style?
There's a darkness, sometimes starkness, and always macabre richness in this story. It resonates with others like Nightmare Before Xmas, Edward Gorey, Lemony Snicket, etc. I could see a film version of this, something similarly executed.
— Sep 19, 2021 03:02PM
For some reason this makes me think of his Krampus book. Same audiobook narrator? Something in the writing style?
There's a darkness, sometimes starkness, and always macabre richness in this story. It resonates with others like Nightmare Before Xmas, Edward Gorey, Lemony Snicket, etc. I could see a film version of this, something similarly executed.
