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A review by sasha_in_a_box
A Peculiar Peril by Jeff VanderMeer
4.0
Update: I am done! This was a 2-month labor of reading. A fun, mess-with-your-head, when-will-you-shut-up-Jeff-but-keep-talking, Kafka is a WHAT? type of reading journey. It was a little exhausting but I genuinely liked it. Minor spoiler:
Also, it's really strange to finish reading this and then to start playing Link's Awakening on the Switch. I just kept calling Boarblins"death piggies" to myself and giggling every time.
Please see below for advice on how to read this very frustrating and wonderful book.
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I'm still reading but I think I unlocked the secret to this book! I was trying to understand every nuance and remember each character and their motivation and attempting to figure out the rules... But that's not how you should read the book. It will drive you mad. Kirkus review pushed me to just open my mind and take it in. And once I did that (at first slowly, then all at once, heh) I started having fun!
Best way to open your mind? Make like Dee in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia:
Trey : [Dee is chugging beers] Wow, you can really put 'em back, can't you?
Dee Reynolds : The trick is to just kind of open your throat.
So just kind of open your throat, everyone, to the words of Jeff Vandermeer. twss?
Spoiler
There is absolutely no resolution and what was I even expecting, but I had fun, especially towards the end when something Blue and Sark made an appearance, and Ruth Less just got better and better every time she made an appearance.Also, it's really strange to finish reading this and then to start playing Link's Awakening on the Switch. I just kept calling Boarblins"death piggies" to myself and giggling every time.
Please see below for advice on how to read this very frustrating and wonderful book.
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I'm still reading but I think I unlocked the secret to this book! I was trying to understand every nuance and remember each character and their motivation and attempting to figure out the rules... But that's not how you should read the book. It will drive you mad. Kirkus review pushed me to just open my mind and take it in. And once I did that (at first slowly, then all at once, heh) I started having fun!
Best way to open your mind? Make like Dee in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia:
Trey : [Dee is chugging beers] Wow, you can really put 'em back, can't you?
Dee Reynolds : The trick is to just kind of open your throat.
So just kind of open your throat, everyone, to the words of Jeff Vandermeer. twss?