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[mangotortoise]

I'm still thinking about the worst book I've read so far this year and about how it was head and shoulders with regards to how much it did not work for me and how much it sucked compared to the other books I've read this year that I've felt lukewarm about.

(Obviously this could change, I'm not done with The Power yet.)

Spoilers and rant under the cut.

It had an interesting premise: depressed, angsty guy who can read the memories stored in an object tracking an author who dipped off the grid after people read her Dark Children's Story and died. Like, this man is miserable and isolated, and then he stumbles into this village in the woods and the POV switches and he's functionally Gone.

And then you learn about this village in the woods that's effectively a Cult, cut off from the world because the Trees will kill you and its like...that's so fucking cool, ok, we have a guy with a magical power checks out that touching a tree can rot you from the inside out, but also the Cult leader definitely knows something (and at the very least is a smarmy fuckboy.)

And the prose flowed nicely (at least on audiobook...I've seen people complain about spelling and grammar issues.) It got a little overly descriptive and self-indulgent, and purple in a really exhausting way (especially for Bea but that made sense because how Bea interpreted the world would be fundamentally different because she was blind.)

But then it all came tumbling down in that last 20%: Bea wasn't really blind (fairly obvious), the Trees couldn't kill you lol the Cult leader was legit just hypnotizing everyone, Calla and Theo were in fact Maggie and the Depressed tracker who's name I forget, but that's ok that they were brainwashed because it's better to live in that self sufficient village in the woods because the real world is too noisy and dark and evil and loud. And don't worry guys, the Cult isn't evil anymore because Bea killed Levi and explained everything and Everyone Clapped.

Its an insult to the psychological thriller genre and I'm forever going to be angry that this mediocre novel is rated higher than The Night Strangers (Chris Bohjalian) and Unbury Carol (Josh Malerman) and Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night (Silvia Moreno-Garcia) and pretty much everything written by Stephen Graham Jones. All of these people have written far more interesting novels with better prose and you're giving accolades to the mediocre book that doesn't understand its own genre. Cool.

[guiiay]

jinx and isha visit a walmart

[captainbee66]

I miss the era of the internet where everyone had an evil alter ego/character that would show up on their channel, just to be silly, that eventually got a lot of lore from the fandom for no reason. It was a simpler time.

[gibbearish]

love when ppl defend the aggressive monetization of the internet with "what, do you just expect it to be free and them not make a profit???" like. yeah that would be really nice actually i would love that:)! thanks for asking

[isjasz]

[Ready for a new game?]

day 11 definitelynottober - heart in your fist & week 1 weeklyhermittober - beginnings

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IM SO READY LETSGO SO EXCITED FOR THE NEW LIFE SERIES💥💥💥💥💥💥

[minjimunji]

bi 4 bi percabeth,,,,, 👉👈

[monkesupreme]

ref

a satisfactory answer for Selina

[meow--wows]

BECOME AS GODS

[wordwings]

*kicks down your door* It might seem like a plot hole that no one thought about the possibility of Dracula being invited into the asylum by Renfield (or any other patient) but actually it speaks to the way Renfield’s personhood is being denied mainly by Jack Seward, but also the rest of the crew in part through their reliance on Seward’s expertise. Which also ties into the way they have decided to shut out Mina at the very same time. It literally just did not occur to them that the patients living in the same building as them would have any claim to the residency that allows someone to grant the permission a vampire needs to enter a home. But of course the asylum is the patients’ home just as much as it is Jack’s! They live there! In short this fatal blow dealt to the heroes at this crucial juncture comes about through both their sexism and their ableism. Good night. *puts your door back on its hinges again and leaves*

[what-am-i-doing-in-this-fandom]

Suddenly, bell bottoms aren't so bad

Bonus sketch, because I had to vv

"Stop checking out my assistant, Stanley."

[ketzzzel]

lunch

[cavalierclavier]

When I broke the cycle, I made sure that the tear was rough. You carry a part of what should be her, and she carries a part of what should be you.

[joshuamj]

Hero.

[cabinette]

Missed these freaks badly

[randomloserlover]

cobs destroys mephone's objectsonas

[isjasz]

between your teeth definitelynottober - day 7