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speakup_jjenn 's review for:
Everything Under
by Daisy Johnson
NOTES TO MYSELF: i started reading this engl 462: traditions and trends in horror fall 2024. SO far I'm on page 176 and it's quite interesting because it's a retelling of the oedipus myth which I find really fascinating especially because the oedipus-inspired character is genderfluid or trans. but they're born as a girl and then transition to a man and a big themes involves water and a river. and then there's gretel which i'm not sure what role she'll play but it's been a fun read. almost done. I finished it on 09/23/24 around 13:20 at the tlc second 1st floor tables (not ground floor) by room 140-something. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would, although I don't think that I would have picked this up on my own and if I had I'm not sure if I would have finished it. But it's kind of a sad story, because margot/marcus after having figured out that he slept with his mother sarah he either dies in the river or disappears in the river never to be seen again by either gretel or sarah. Sarah dies by suicide because she wants to forget what she's done and the role she played so in the end gretel is left alone with all this. Charlie was Margot/Marcus' dad that she/he did end up killing which is also sad because charlie called him son, unlike anyone else because at that point he hadn't fully transitioned into marcus (internally) but did present in a feminine way. There wasn't too much horror and nothing really scared me about the novel or its aspects but it was still an interesting read and an intriguing retelling of the oedipus myth.