Buddy Read-The Waking That Kills by Stephen Gregory

[Maxine Marsh]

Shall we just use this thread for The Woodwitch buddy read? I'm 18% in and our protagonist has punched his girlfriend in the face. I can't say I feel really sorry for her after what she did, but he seems on the creepy side. Like all of Gregory's characters, lol. Waiting for more on the mushrooms.

[Kimberly]

Maxine wrote: "Shall we just use this thread for The Woodwitch buddy read? I'm 18% in and our protagonist has punched his girlfriend in the face. I can't say I feel really sorry for her after what she did, but he..."

Using this thread works for me--I'm just up (slightly past) that point. :)

[Char]

If you guys haven't seen my review, you should look up what those shrooms look like. ;)

[Kimberly]

Charlene wrote: "If you guys haven't seen my review, you should look up what those shrooms look like. ;)"

Oh, I saw your review BEFORE getting this one ;)

23% and probably further later--I love his descriptive prose!

[Char]

LOL Okay. ;)

[Kimberly]

About 65%---may finish tonight..... :)

[Maxine Marsh]

Great, I'm trying to finish up The Imago Sequence and then I'm going to dig into Woodwitch. Hopefully will get a little further in tonight, can't wait to discuss.

[Char]

What do you guys think, so far?

[Kimberly]

FINISHED--OMG (view spoiler)[ I almost could FEEL the flies & maggots squirming around in his hair at the end!!! (hide spoiler)]. There's no question about Gregory's poetic writing style, however, (view spoiler)[there were a few points in this one where I felt the descriptions were unnecessarily long, detracting slightly to the building up of Andrew's obsession. Ultimately though, I kept reading through every page--afraid to miss any small detail that might be significant. (hide spoiler)].

Need to read more from this author!!

[Maxine Marsh]

Finally FINISHED!!

I liked this one but I agree with Kimberly, the extensive detailed prose was a little bit boring and I had to keep from skipping ahead.

What a story.

[Char]

I agree about the excessive descriptions, but I loved the gist of the story. Well, loved and hated it. *shudder* :)

[Maxine Marsh]

Oh, it was so creepy. You could just feel the damp and smell everything rotting, he really got a good effect going there.