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robot duck part was even better than i knew it was going to be

immediately thrusts me into its world and the momentum carried in these internal monologues is crazy. woolf can transition from one setpiece to an entirely different one in the span of words and the effect is natural as breathing yet surreal and half-lucid as a waking dream. going to really let myself sink into this one

that paragraph by cherrycoke about the incorporeality of time, fucking phenomenal stuff

there's a weird conservatism in this that i'm not sure is the product of the uptight rich english jerkass protagonist, the pastiche/tribute to classic weird fiction, or mark samuels himself. i guess i'll find out by the end lol

o hell yea, all antiquarian pastiche style, all lovely cozy goth horror goodness already. Gets straight to the point. Enjoying it a lot already.

"dark" doesn't even begin to describe it. jesus christ.

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this is so removed from even my comfort zone that im going to need an educational television binge when im done. brutal

honestly the prospect of opening this book fills me with dread every time but whenever i finish a chapter i never regret it

spooky

i truly have no fucking clue what most ppl want out of characters in their books if ppl constantly complain about kiernan's characters because the characters in this are fucking fantastic, i guess people just dont want their flaws reflected back at them

deacon is giving me i can fix him syndrome

this is just far too bleak for the state of mind im in now, but will definitely be coming back to this later.

yeah this is great. maybe not as formally impressive as the red tree nor as haunting but definitely a satisfying slow burn art horror nightmare

no idea where it's going yet but kiernan's sheer prose and spotless eye for character detail are enthralling as always