Omg I have A Pale View of the Hills on the reread list bc of the movie release 🥹
I rmbr reading this one too when I was in hs but I was def too young to truly understand it!!! I need to revisit! The uk cover is beautiful!

copy of intermezzo sauntering down new oxford street springing up every few moments to brush people's shoulders

Yes. I also agree w the reply here mentioning goon bait bc it feels like if you either challenge the goon or don’t want to goon, you’re ostracized.

For some parts of the community, even when ppl aren’t writing with AI, they’re still generating their own slop in fandom echo chambers :( line is thin

Constantly declining media literacy and basically no incentive to challenge oneself creatively, ppl are conditioned to want immediate feedback instead of form real connections…

Like the reasons make sense but it’s not any less sad :( disappointing state of things