terrible plan btw!
i fear this was one of the worst ideas i've had in a VERY long time 💔💔💔
okay my thoughts on the books:
📕 We Can Never Leave This Place: It was an engrossing novella, but I'm just so confused. I tried looking up analyses online but I guess so few ppl have read it? But apparently the character's names have secret meanings, but that still wasn't very helpful?? Idk it all just seemed like a conglomeration of top fears presented as a way to describe family trauma.
📗 Rest Stop: I liked this story a lot better than the first one. The writing style made the story easy to understand while also being engaging. It almost went on a bit too long for a novella and there were some chapters I felt were unnecessary. The plot twist at the end also kinda felt like a lame grab at metaphors?
📘 Brutes: The part that I DID half (about 150 pages) was good! The writing is simple but it is this easy style that makes the book even better. I don't think the supernatural aspect was all that necessary, I think we could've stuck with just a simple mystery-esque book.
I wish I would've gotten to "Sharp Objects" but I really wanted to go to the farmer's market so....
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