robot231978's Reviews (8)

dark mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
challenging dark sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated

Dark and odd, between short story and novella, there's always something slightly or obviously wrong going on, and you feel it in the language of the book. Subtle horrors, maybe too subtle for me. But well written and intriguing how the stories snake around each other.
emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

A book full of beautiful moments about love and art set in a complicated place (a house full of terrorists and hostages) where some kind of strange and decadent ennui falls over everyone, and brief new lives are experienced until they aren't. I found a lot of magic in this one.
informative reflective slow-paced
challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
informative reflective medium-paced
challenging dark informative medium-paced

A selection of dense occultish/academic/philosophical tracts and personal essays that widen the idea of what black metal is and who the scene represents. Sometimes I felt like I was lost in a thick swamp of words, other times I was frantically nodding my head in agreement, and even more times I was writing down names of authors and bands that I need to look up. Black metal is for everyone and this is a fascinating and head spinning read about the genre.