Status Updates From Nefando

It's a relief when we take a break from the really intense stuff so I can admire how well crafted the characters are. They each have such distinct voices and personalities

Why do all the reviews that talk about how dark and gross and disturbing this is not also talk about how funny it is? I ask this without double-checking to make sure I didn't just forget/overlook that info

This book is so fun in some ways but the content is so dark that I probably would not recommend it to anyone I know. Hmm. Maybe the person I know who enjoyed We Were Not Meant to be Human?

It is so nice to be reading characters who are not stand-ins for the author, who each have their own ideas and goals that are sometimes in conflict.

Estic—

It feels oddly comforting to return to the arms of Weird fiction expressed mostly via symbolism