maybe his best novel tbh ceaseless barreling plot rendered in his tightest ever prose, some really nasty bits
November 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
maybe his best novel tbh ceaseless barreling plot rendered in his tightest ever prose, some really nasty bits
kinda fun but i think guy was more interested in writing about the paris commune than werewolves
October 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
kinda fun but i think guy was more interested in writing about the paris commune than werewolves
both straub novels i’ve read have been really enjoyable mid, ghost story definitely better than this one though
October 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
both straub novels i’ve read have been really enjoyable mid, ghost story definitely better than this one though
just so spiritually depraved for fruit snacks to be packaged like this. i hate being alive now
October 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
just so spiritually depraved for fruit snacks to be packaged like this. i hate being alive now
how it feels to make it through one single day in my dumbass paranoiac pothead life
October 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
how it feels to make it through one single day in my dumbass paranoiac pothead life
probably the best crime novel i’ve read. like watching a man self-immolate on the page
September 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
probably the best crime novel i’ve read. like watching a man self-immolate on the page
thinner than some others but the style is all there and the football stuff is great so i love it of course. that dry, clipped, hypertechnical dialogue - da best. i do find his abject fear of collectivism/conformity, and how he presents this as an essentially “asian” trait, intriguing but strange tbh
September 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
thinner than some others but the style is all there and the football stuff is great so i love it of course. that dry, clipped, hypertechnical dialogue - da best. i do find his abject fear of collectivism/conformity, and how he presents this as an essentially “asian” trait, intriguing but strange tbh
the beautiful vuelta e espana
September 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
the beautiful vuelta e espana
read a pynchon novel without posting about it 700 times for six months straight! wow! good stuff though
August 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
read a pynchon novel without posting about it 700 times for six months straight! wow! good stuff though
greatest fucking book i’ve ever read. only wish it were 200 pages longer with a lot more reform bill and railroad material
August 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
greatest fucking book i’ve ever read. only wish it were 200 pages longer with a lot more reform bill and railroad material
some sort of creature
August 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
some sort of creature
at a certain point it’s like okay, you’re carrying the fire and it’s all so very hard and bleak i get it. but i’m mostly really into this tbh. badly needed to read a good novel again. also puts into perspective how much of the genre is fascist crap about how cool it would be to kill people
July 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
at a certain point it’s like okay, you’re carrying the fire and it’s all so very hard and bleak i get it. but i’m mostly really into this tbh. badly needed to read a good novel again. also puts into perspective how much of the genre is fascist crap about how cool it would be to kill people
awful until it gets really lurid and depraved in the middle then it’s at least sort of engaging for awhile before it goes back to being total dogshit - sorry, brian 😔
June 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
awful until it gets really lurid and depraved in the middle then it’s at least sort of engaging for awhile before it goes back to being total dogshit - sorry, brian 😔
