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metalcat18's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Warning this book is confusing!
The story is told in two viewpoints and plays off an old story called the Yellow Sign. Readers should be familiar with that story before reading this one.
These two characters intertwine and become entrenched in a cosmic horror saga. Lots of nasty body horror imagery and some feminist topics.
Overall the book is interesting but told so strangely that it took me out of it.
The story is told in two viewpoints and plays off an old story called the Yellow Sign. Readers should be familiar with that story before reading this one.
These two characters intertwine and become entrenched in a cosmic horror saga. Lots of nasty body horror imagery and some feminist topics.
Overall the book is interesting but told so strangely that it took me out of it.
porgyreads's review
challenging
dark
tense
4.5
I was following and then I was very lost. The labyrinth of the plot was not nearly as appealing as that of the language used. Kind of leaves you feeling like you’ve been shocked with ridiculous amount of electricity and then lived to tell the tale.
So cool. So so cool.
So cool. So so cool.
raincorbyn's review
5.0
Truly a singular story, told with beautiful, grotesque baroque images and hazy dreamscapes. Cosmic horror brought to the mobile home, with science fiction, family reunions of a sort, and unforgettable sensuous description. Don't miss it.
ratatouille1312's review against another edition
i loved the writing but i was not really understanding what was happening a lot of the time
i tried just reading it for the vibes but i wasn't really invested and kinda forgot about it
probably picked it up at a wrong time
i tried just reading it for the vibes but i wasn't really invested and kinda forgot about it
probably picked it up at a wrong time
brittanys_books's review against another edition
challenging
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
lenks's review
Drank this down in one big gulp. A tale of cosmic madness and dread, decaying dreamscapes and blooming subliminalities. The world creates, destroys, changes, and so do we, in all our unknowable ways.
luck13rabbit's review
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
beautiful, terrible words. the reading equivalent of listening to darkwave.
spo0kyayden's review
4.0
The prose was something otherworldly. Such a horrific dream, ... Hallucination, ... reality?
I don't know, but I loved every minute of this.
I don't know, but I loved every minute of this.
bitters's review
4.0
Put me in mind of something like the Doom games, but from the perspective of the time-and-space defying cosmic nightmare being grown in the lab, or that which is breaking through the portal from the Other Side. Abstracted, refracted, poetic narrative, overlaying itself like a film negative rewound and exposed multiple times. Throw in the crux of lingering trauma and you have a recipe for a powerhouse novella.