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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What if Ernie and Bert Reenacted The Duke of Burgundy by Way of Mycological Frankenstein: a Novel
I love how the prose pastiches 19th century literature, down to the fear of writing blasphemy and the judgy omniscient narrator; it really serves the gothic atmosphere. And boy, the mycological horror!! It's one of my favorite subgenres, and Gregor's experimentation sure reminds me why.
Gregor and Simon are so incredibly Character, and their messy relationship and usage of their respective surrogate daughters as proxies was darkly hilarious—even as they become horrifically codependent and awful in their own ways. Funny that my girl Jennifer had the most sense despitebeing eaten by mushrooms in the end —but in all fairness, have you seen CHLOE? Would.
God, our botanical daughter makes me weep. The true extent of her intelligence, sapience, and desire is left ambiguous—so it's not a surprise whenshe absorbs Jennifer after the wildest bout of weird lesbian monsterfucking ever—but damn it, you wanted the love to be true. You wanted her to be human. Her abandoning her human substrate and becoming a sentient house makes perfect sense, but it still hurts so damn much .
A weird little book that I will be thinking about for a long, long time.
I love how the prose pastiches 19th century literature, down to the fear of writing blasphemy and the judgy omniscient narrator; it really serves the gothic atmosphere. And boy, the mycological horror!! It's one of my favorite subgenres, and Gregor's experimentation sure reminds me why.
Gregor and Simon are so incredibly Character, and their messy relationship and usage of their respective surrogate daughters as proxies was darkly hilarious—even as they become horrifically codependent and awful in their own ways. Funny that my girl Jennifer had the most sense despite
God, our botanical daughter makes me weep. The true extent of her intelligence, sapience, and desire is left ambiguous—so it's not a surprise when
A weird little book that I will be thinking about for a long, long time.
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I am having an extraordinary amount of luck with historical fiction at the moment. This was queer and creepy, as a pair of scientists attempt to build a human out of *checks notes* sentient mushrooms. But when the thing they create starts exhibiting a yearning for more, they must rope in the help of their young housekeeper who is mourning the loss of the love of her life. Tense, twisty and heartbreaking, I would recommend this to Frankenstein fans or anyone who enjoyed Our Hideous Progeny by CE McGill.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Literally chapter one describing the setting was amazing and then fell flat with characters.
dark
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
DNF 5%
Oh, I had to drop this very early on. The prose was... well for me, insufferable. I just couldn't get past it and because of that I found myself not even paying attention; zoning out I was so uninterested. Too bad because the premise sounds so interesting
Oh, I had to drop this very early on. The prose was... well for me, insufferable. I just couldn't get past it and because of that I found myself not even paying attention; zoning out I was so uninterested. Too bad because the premise sounds so interesting
challenging
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes