#EDIT: I AM READING REVIEWS OF KATERINA AND DO I LAUGH OR SCREAM INTENSIFIES BY THE WORD

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

FSJDJDJSMSJDJFJ I KNEW PARTS OF A FEW OF THESE THINGS BUT OTHER STUFF I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT HOLY SHIT. THIS IS INCREDIBLE THANK YOU I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUNNIEST PART IS HERE

also,

oh my fucking GOD. i had never noticed that beyond some of the overarching antisemitic tropes like the Global Alien Diaspora Conspiracy thing--i'd always read adam's novellas as a really ham-handed metaphor for Queerphobic Right-Wing Evangelical Community--but now that you point it out i am starting to See It and WOW THAT MAKES SO MANY THINGS SO VERY VERY MUCH WORSE

mr. frey's wild ride never ends i am obsessed. i am Obsessed

Cannot stress enough how much of just. An asshole character James Frey is as a person it's incomprehensible how he exists as an entity

- He originally had a writing partner for Lorien Legacies who he shared the pen name "pittacus lore" with until two books in, when he pulled the rug out from under Jobie Hughes copyright wise and did it so thoroughly that Hughes can't even discuss the books on social media anymore

- All of his books come out of this intern ghost writer factory called "Factor Five" and there's no official record of who wrote what and who authored what side story and who edited which thing and I don't think they know. I think everything just gets passed around in giant paper stacks

- He's a racist idiot who doesn't know any of the four countries along the Himalayas exist. Especially not Nepal

- He blocked people on twitter for discussing ships back in the day which is hysterical

- HOW COULD I ALMOST FORGET THE MOST BONKERS THING. He wrote an autobiography called "A Million Little Pieces" about his battle with addiction and impulse control and his health...that was entirely made up. None of it is true NOT A SINGLE WORD. THIS BOOK MADE IT ONTO OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB. HE LIED TO OPRAH'S FACE!! I forget why he admitted it but subsequent printing have a label on the front marking it as fiction. Imagine bullshitting a sob story that hard

- He almost won a "Worst Erotica Award" in 2017 for his book "Katerina." There is a character that's killed early on in LL named "Katarina." And yes I read parts of "Katerina" and YES it's the same character. You can unpack that I'm not doing it

- Did I mention this dude makes most of his money off of copyright schemes? Because he does. That's what his writing company is

I know there's stuff I'm forgetting and there's things in LL I don't wanna unpack I just need you guys to know that this man makes no sense