#the not supernatural stuff that is. and onision idk for sure but it sure isnt subtle he probably didn't have a great home life
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Reaper’s Creek is a requirment if you’re someone who likes bad books and is online. I usually keep to my obscure weird books, but I was very intrigued by the odd mystery of this very bad book. Onision is... bad (hot take), but when I read it I was very surprised I had a different take than I’d seen from other reviewers.
You see, Reaper’s Creek... um............ I think it’s more than just a youtuber imagining godlike powers and altering reality so he can kill god. I mean it is, man, it super is, but I think we might need to give Onision more credit. Ugh, sorry I typed that. But what if I told you the bizarre choices and immature view of the world in this book might not be because the author is weird, and might be because our lead is an 11 year old kid from an abusive home blindly given unlimited power? Yeah, the more I talk about it with commenters, the more I think we’ve all been wrong about Reaper’s Creek.
....or not, because well, it sucks ass. If the text is meant to be a slight horror, a story of a child unable to grow and given the gift to live out his every whim, it still is an utter failure. After all, if every person who reads the text misinterprets it as just a cringy self insert power trip, you have failed as an author. Also it’s just super poorly written in general, but I’m just talking narrative here
#I stayed up until 4am answering comments and talking about it w people#and like. oh my god. I didn't realize it for ages but. i think its more self aware than we thouht#someone pointed out to me 'i wish i was special and god and chosen and could rewrite the world and be with my true god mom who loves me'#is the exact kind of escapist fantasy an 11 year old from an abusive home has. and it clicked like. shit. IT IS. and suddenly this book...#well this book starts to feel like a very poorly done answer to 'what if that abused kid did turn out to have godlike ultimate power'#esp as the book starts with onision confirming its based very much on his life and thoughts and it's very clear it's lifted from real events#the not supernatural stuff that is. and onision idk for sure but it sure isnt subtle he probably didn't have a great home life#so this book as not a god complex for him but rather a god complex for his childhood self makes waaaaay more sense#and may indeed be intentional in some ways
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