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Sorrowland
by Rivers Solomon
"Because without a name for it, it's just something I am. A part of life. Once it's go a name, I know that means someone has studied it, dissected it, pulled i apart. When something has a name, hey can say it's bad. "
This was dark but very good. Expected the fungi horror (which delivered) but it unexpectedly also heavily dealt with themes around cults and manipulation, and to my surprise, I though these parts were even better. What I specifically thought was well done with those, was how Vern recognised patterns of what happened on a bigger scale (in a cult) in the even bigger scale of a whole society (America/what it means being American) & on the much smaller scale of interpersonal relationships. Truly horrific and well done.
Vern was also an interesting main character - and I liked that she was flawed and sometimes a horrible person while I also continued to root for her.
My main criticisms would be the societal critique was a bit on the nose sometimes, the pacing was a bit off (with big events happening very suddenly) and some of the fighting scenes were impossible to make sense of (but the latter might also be my problem tbh).
This was dark but very good. Expected the fungi horror (which delivered) but it unexpectedly also heavily dealt with themes around cults and manipulation, and to my surprise, I though these parts were even better. What I specifically thought was well done with those, was how Vern recognised patterns of what happened on a bigger scale (in a cult) in the even bigger scale of a whole society (America/what it means being American) & on the much smaller scale of interpersonal relationships. Truly horrific and well done.
Vern was also an interesting main character - and I liked that she was flawed and sometimes a horrible person while I also continued to root for her.
My main criticisms would be the societal critique was a bit on the nose sometimes, the pacing was a bit off (with big events happening very suddenly) and some of the fighting scenes were impossible to make sense of (but the latter might also be my problem tbh).