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Oh wow this is bad. I promised myself I'd start D.N.F.ing more often when I'm not vibing with a book, and life's too short to read books like this one.
— Sep 01, 2023 06:17PM
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Sep 01, 2023 08:05PM
Definitely DNF it if you don’t like it! I’m guilty of it myself, not DNFing, but will hopefully change that soon lol
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This is exactly what happened when I tried to read The Six-Gun Tarot by the same author. I think he’s just a general pass for me.
Mackenzi wrote: "This is exactly what happened when I tried to read The Six-Gun Tarot by the same author. I think he’s just a general pass for me."Did he spend waaaay too much time on every single character's physical description on that one too? I could perfectly imagine everyone's appearance in this book at any given moment because it felt like nothing else was being written.
I'm 3-for-3 on trying and failing to find a horror book that uses the U.S. highway system as a setting; I guess it just can't be done well?
I barely remember it's specific sins besides that it took forever to get going, and by the time it did I was getting the vibes I don't actually want to listen to this guy's "nuanced takes" on things like racism and sexism, which it was amping up to do. Spinning wheels on excessive description is definitely a possibility.Re: highways, have you tried The Left Right Game? I started that in podcast form and never finished it, but it had a great start. It's got a book version, ain't tried it yet but anything's worth a shot right?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...
Best highway fiction I've experienced is Kentucky Route Zero, which is a gorgeous game and has some literary aspects, but not so much horror, more southern-gothic magical-realism? I definitely recommend it though. I have an extra copy on Steam if you ever wanna give it a try.
Mackenzi wrote: "I barely remember it's specific sins besides that it took forever to get going, and by the time it did I was getting the vibes I don't actually want to listen to this guy's "nuanced takes" on thing..."Yesssss I loved the Left/Right Game! It's been like 2 years since I last listened to it though, and I didn't know it got a text adaptation.
Were my gaming backlog not filled up for the rest of the year I'd take you up on that, but I'll add that to my wishlist for a rainy day in like 2025, haha
