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I loved The Cure being in the novel. The song “A Forest” goes so perfect with the book. I think she did it on purpose.

I dont think the author /meant/ to convey an anti-trans message, rather the opposite, i think the twist speaks to the father controlling franks gender castration with the fake castration eluding to the eodipal nature of the dynamic. BUT i think that the message is WAY too easy to interperet as anti-trans and that the author basically shot himself in the foot trying to overplay the ambiguity. Writing such a vague theme into the story with many of the key points being so antithetical to what i assume he was trying to say means this book will more than likely be a tool of anti-trans propagamda regardless of ians intention. This will- if anything, be the 1984 of gender related fiction

I can't believe we didn't try that when we performed MacBeth at my high school. It ended up really bad! Our lead actor cut his hand open when a glass randomly shattered during the banquet scene. Our Ross broke his leg and had to perform in a boot. Banquo got pneumonia. And that's just the stuff I remember from over a decade ago.

Solid review. I agree with all of what you said. 🎉

Great vibes and editing is on point, just subbed!

I couldn’t read the book. So dark it made me feel literally ill and I’m not usually a light weight with literature. Thanks for the run down. I’m glad I know what it’s all about at least…

Thank you for sharing details too! Will be reading some of these! 👏🏼🙌🏼

I loved Maeve Fly. I bought a copy to keep. Thanks for the mini wrap up!

I've tried to buy this book twice, and failed twice, first time lost in the post, second tike the seller just didn't feel like sending it, so F this book.

I wish i could find another book like this

Really beautiful novel I need to reread soon. Lot of people will be put off by the ultimate fact that it’s just not a horror novel, but I love literary work that is almost horror but not quite and this one rides expectations kind of purposefully to a different place entirely. Darnielle writes superb prose no matter what you think of the horror-not horror part.

i honestly haven’t seen anyone in any review mentioning the scene where Marcos is playing with the puppies and they bite and scratch at him. if you’ve played rough with a puppy you know they draw blood or at the very least break skin. but marcos never got sick. so his idea that the virus is a lie is kind of confirmed by that at least to some extent

Very good book

Great video and interesting comments. I liked the book, but the end was a little abrupt.

Love your review but I did not enjoy the book. It was boring for me. Felt like a rushed entry to a gross-book-competition. Wasn’t scary and I’m sorry but the “big reveal” just felt boring to me. After all that gore we go through in this read, I thought surely there would be some huge mind winding discovery but I was disappointed. It’s a very creative work, but for my taste, it all felt very 1 level. Would not recommend.

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Thanks for the recommendations

I just ordered it, sounds fckin awesome!

Ironically, this book was recommended to me by a friend of mine with famously bad taste in media 🥴. Has since entered my top 10 of all time, what an insanely compelling and beautifully written story. It's hard to make a book that brutal and also make it a pageturner, but wow. Buehlman made it happen.

i haven't fully read a book since 2011 what a fucking failure

Thanks for the recommendation

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Thank you for the review 👍 I've listened to the audiobook on Buehlman's channel, and I liked the story. But it reminded me not of DS but of Clive Barker's Jericho, a part about crusaders. And the same vibe with DS universe I found in books of Peter Fehervari in a cycle called Dark Coil, especially in a novel "Requem Infernal". Check it, it's a fantastic reading. The imagery is vivid and sinister just like in Auldrich's cathedral.

house of leaves really aint that bad, it does take a bit of time to read because of how its formatted but it's not super difficult or anything, just dense at times

I picked this book up on your recommendation. I'm six chapters in, and I'm really enjoying it. I love that the novel is set within real world history with fantastic elements. It feels like a Solomon Kane or Conan the Cimmerian story. "The Dark Souls of Books" got me to click, but I think you're not wrong. I hope you give House of Leaves a read sometime. I know if feels like work sometimes, but once I got my first taste of the Navidson Record sections I was willing to put in the work to find out what happened next. I thought about House of Leaves for years. I read it when I was twenty years younger, but I still rank it very highly. Nice review. Nice recommendation. Best wishes.

how i usually explain it is the what if during the plague all of the catholic superstition at the time ...was true.

Thanks algorithm for recommending this video to me. This book seems right up my alley, I'll see if i can get a copy in my country, great video and summary!

Don't get me wrong, House of Leaves took me like a whole year to fully complete. That being said the book is my favorite thing I own

i just came here to say that some fantasy novel clearly isnt the dark souls of books. its the Phenomenology of Spirit by G.W.F. Hegel. Obviously.

This sounds very interesting actually, love the idea of the setting and I admit a fondness for the "Last of us" dynamic. I'm definitely checking it out 👍

Great great video super informative but no spoilers, ive been very intrigued by this book for a bit

Holy shit i need to read this

Awesome channel, definitely loved this recommendation! You earned a subscriber.

I can tell that you're gonna be big someday, man. Subscribed and looking forward to your future content! ❤

The scene when she goes for a job interview and smells barbecue. That was horrifying.

Googleing horror films that I'm into and asking what books would be similar is how I found Adam Nevill and this book. It's my first book by him I've ever read, and I just started it. So far I am liking it.

Maybe I'm gonna sound crazy but I've always thought Paranormal Activity was never as good as a found footage franchise that came out at about the same time I believe, and that is V/H/S... I've always loved them, now of course some were way better then others but I guess found footage mixed with Anthology just worked better for me. I'm honestly not trying to be a dick but after the 1st Paranormal Activity I just found them too boring for my taste.

I going to add this book to my goodreads pendings sound funny and spooky ✨🟣

Mexican Gothic was great, and thanks for recommending The Marigold. Looking forward to it!

To: Ghost in the stacks, I really enjoyed your style of book review. You speak very clear and to the point. That is why l had to become a subscriber. Thank you

It’s way overrated in my view. Starts strong but loses steam quite quickly.

I workout while watching aot

One of the murder weapons is a kite. A kite. This book is ridiculous.

I read it twice. I felt lonely, disgusting, slimy, traitor to humanity I couldn't look someone in the eyes. Claustrophobic, cold and hot at the same time. In my mind, it felt like the world was cold and lifeless even if the sun was shining and the sky was blue nothing seems cheerful.

It was the start of a series of marvellous books.

Love your handle and your book trailers! 📚 Keep em coming!

Do you have any recommendations for campy, supernatural horror? I love Grady Hendrix and Daniel Kraus but I’ve had a hard time finding things similar.

I only just found this channel but I loved this book! You hit the nail on the head with the tita trash talk, being Fil Am and less fluent in tagalog I related big time to Lila. I plan to pick up the other books in this series eventually, the covers and titles are so fun and always make me happy to see.

Very well said! Love this

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