grew on me quite a bit by the end of it- it's a little more pulpy than i initially thought but i really warmed up to the humor of it. a lot of funny cgrew on me quite a bit by the end of it- it's a little more pulpy than i initially thought but i really warmed up to the humor of it. a lot of funny characters and a memorable sad sack of a protagonist...more
i have a big spot for art that talks about art so was somewhat excited about this but it's really doofy and not particularly thrillingi have a big spot for art that talks about art so was somewhat excited about this but it's really doofy and not particularly thrilling...more
yowza! this book was wild. an exceedingly comfy fugue state
"the fact that kids grow, while their parents gradually subside and disintegrate, subsidencyowza! this book was wild. an exceedingly comfy fugue state
"the fact that kids grow, while their parents gradually subside and disintegrate, subsidence, the fact that it can be a little cannibalistic if you ask me, vampires, the fact that I shouldn't say that, but they eat you out of house and home and then they become Open Carry guys and shoot you one day when you're sick in bed from a cold they gave you"...more
fun fantasy romp but kinda toothless. every god sounding like the exact same indifferent voice kinda wore on me, especially when a significant chunk ofun fantasy romp but kinda toothless. every god sounding like the exact same indifferent voice kinda wore on me, especially when a significant chunk of the book is just people telling stories over to someone else. the concept of everything on earth existing because some horny god had sex with something stupid was pretty cool...more
better than expected. enjoyed all the recipes as palette cleansers, although the meal dragged near the end and it was kind of weird to have all the imbetter than expected. enjoyed all the recipes as palette cleansers, although the meal dragged near the end and it was kind of weird to have all the important stuff happen during the sorbet course or w/e...more
kinda felt like i was reading a YA novel with how gentle some of these concepts are laid out, but the author has lived through an insane life so im hakinda felt like i was reading a YA novel with how gentle some of these concepts are laid out, but the author has lived through an insane life so im happy she's just writing at all. some of the injuries described are absolutely psycho...more
i didn't hate this but will also never really think about the subjects again. there's this kinda funny diffidence and distance with the prose that madi didn't hate this but will also never really think about the subjects again. there's this kinda funny diffidence and distance with the prose that made me think it was a much older person writing the whole thing and not someone contemporary to the plot. a bit spicier than i expected!...more
didn't really care about all the magician crap by the end of it but vandermeer is great at describing weird goopy creatures.didn't really care about all the magician crap by the end of it but vandermeer is great at describing weird goopy creatures....more
prose didn't do much for me so it just felt like a hard-R xmen story. totally down with the overall concept but it felt pretty toothless / young adultprose didn't do much for me so it just felt like a hard-R xmen story. totally down with the overall concept but it felt pretty toothless / young adult / Time Magazine. would enjoy living inside this world a little bit more instead another round of "Her hand sizzled, and he hurt like fuck"
mostly didnt like a lot of the sentences reading like this: "At a crossroads between fields, next to a shelter for a twice-a-week bus, she uses a payphone to call a number she knows by heart." ...more
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