Status Updates From There There

Sigh. This is rough going.

I'm enjoying spending time in this one, really listening to the different POVs

So over the woke crap. Not reading.

cryin and sweatin man what the FUCK

THEYRE GONNA KILL MY FRIENDS WAAAAAAAAAHH

Part II

Now I know why SGJ named his book, The Only Good Indians.
*eyes well up with tears"

Eurgh. Edwin’s chapter.

I can already tell this is going to be a five star

This writing is incredible.

JAW ON FLOOR WHAAT

That prologue. My heart is so heavy

👏

there there there

the prologue has already got me

I was already thinking that there might be some Pulp Fiction commentary here (since the structure is relatively similar), and this diner scene is leading me even more in that direction.

so far.. it’s well written but all the different storylines are too many and a bit hard to follow

Yeah this is very good

I'm beginning to think not everyone will make it out alright and I'm stressed out. I love this writing, it's so direct and engaging and truly I care about the characters (even the 'bad' ones).

Yes, this is a great book, I deeply want all the characters to be okay. My kind of litfic!

"I’m trying to make my way back, but like I said, eleven days. It’s just, it’s that you get stuck, and then the more stuck you get, the more stuck you get."

This gives me joy, somehow:

"I thought for sure it was a virus. I’d clicked a link to download The Lone Ranger. Everyone agreed on how bad it was, in so many ways. But I was excited to see it. There’s something about seeing Johnny Depp fail so badly that gives me strength."

(Half an hour ago was reading about Johnny Depp in The Lone Ranger in The Truth According to Ember, *chuckles*)

I still don’t really know what the plot is. Like all these characters are connected in some way or another but I still don’t understand how all these seemingly random pieces fit together. The writing is lovely but I am confused.

98

Being a first novel, I'm starting to reach the point in the narrative where its somewhat showing. Beginning to feel too much like a short story collection ; this isn't always a bad thing, but being a novel I'd expect more narrative momentum from narrator to narrator.

Love hearing again the origin story of the Teddy Bear. From a teddy bear itself even! This is what they give to kids, fuck, American propaganda is so pervasive.

Objectively this is a really amazing book, but man it is tough to read. The stories the novel tells and the themes it contends with are raw and hard and brutally real. It’s challenging, but very important.

What's impressive is that this novel does not solely consist of pain and suffering. Because that's not human. Orange doesn't settle for strictly misery, which would reflect the pity that colors the perception of Native American culture, particularly to the political left.

yeah

Um, wut.

Completely fuckin blown away already. Preface alone is incredibly powerful. Fella mentions MF DOOM as his favorite rapper in the first chapter. Terrifyingly and necessarily blunt.