The Rot, a novel

My second novel, The Rot, is now out.

It’s about the end of the world.

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The blurb:

What do we have for today, It’s called the rot, Does it say anything else, It says in the back, the world is ending, can you see it, That’s cryptic, Should we ask the seniors, But they never tell us anything important, We should try anyway…

Oh, that one, yes, we remember, What’s it about, It says right on the back, it’s about the end of the world, Which one, The one the people in th...

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Published on June 11, 2025 09:25
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Bob Davis the Rot” is beautifully written, but ultimately evasive. It gestures toward depth, decay, perception, isolation but refuses to name anything clearly. the world is ending, but the book never says what that means, why it matters, or what we’re supposed to do with that knowledge. It trades in atmosphere, not insight. If you enjoy mood and ambiguity for their own sake, this may work for you. But if you’re looking for truth, confrontation, or transformation this book stays too safe, too vague.

Aesthetic despair, when unanchored to any spiritual courage or human reckoning, doesn’t illuminate much, it performs emotion without consequence.
Too often, what passes for “depth” is just another way to avoid naming the real sickness.
The Rot gives us the feeling of decay, but not the dignity of truth.


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