The End Of The World As We Know It

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• Kurben

  October 23

  Hedda Gabler said:

  I am loving your thoughts, Scott. I like to see how people see things the same as me or completely different. Makes me look closer.
  
  I was also enjoying Kurben’s thoughts, did you set the book aside Kurben?

  No, where were I? I have a few left. Right now i am on That Mosque story set in Pakistan which, i admit, i have troubles with. I found it too long and slowpaced. Perhaps it would have worked for me if he had shaved off a few pages. Or if he had built it out to a short novel. There i put the book on hold because of Horror movies!! and then kind of forgot about. thanks for reminding me that there is some stories left to read.

  
• GNTLGNT

  3:32PM

  Hedda Gabler said:

  The End….
  
  La Mala Hora — by Alex Segura 
  
  Hell hath no fury like a mother whose child needs her. While this can apply to anyone who has a special, loving relationship with a kid, in this case it was mom. And boy this story cranked up the fear. 
  
  As an aside, there was some Spanish sprinkled here and there— easy stuff — but after finishing my Duolingo course, I felt pretty damn good knowing what it said before being told. 
  
  Well done Alex.

  .....so was the death at the end, a metaphor for the Dark Man being vanquished by maternal love?.....

  
• GNTLGNT

  3:35PM

  Hedda Gabler said:

  The End….
  
  The African Painted Dog by Catriona Ward
  
  For the love of God, please tell me this is the last animal story. So difficult to read but skillfully written. My little heart can’t take anymore.
  

  .....unusual choice of protagonists, but damn, this was brilliantly conceived.....methinks that maybe those verdant fields lead to a certain dilapidated shack.....

  
• GNTLGNT

  3:39PM

  Hedda Gabler said:

  The End…. Till Human Voices Wake Us, and We Drown — Poppy Z. Brite I’ve read a lot of Poppy. I’ve tried really hard to like Poppy’s writing. I’ve never been able to — until this. Still not a story for everyone, the writing here is very good. The idea is creative. While I believe many of Poppy’s writings are for shock value, Jmo, I can’t deny talent.  I find this story and the characters lonely but honest. Bravo.

  .....the whole "fingering a mermaid" was to over the top for me.....William Joseph Martin just pushed the envelope into something I didn't care for.....

  
• Hedda Gabler

  4:15PM edited 4:16PM

  GNTLGNT said:

  Hedda Gabler said:

  The End…. Till Human Voices Wake Us, and We Drown — Poppy Z. Brite I’ve read a lot of Poppy. I’ve tried really hard to like Poppy’s writing. I’ve never been able to — until this. Still not a story for everyone, the writing here is very good. The idea is creative. While I believe many of Poppy’s writings are for shock value, Jmo, I can’t deny talent.  I find this story and the characters lonely but honest. Bravo.

  .....the whole "fingering a mermaid" was to over the top for me.....William Joseph Martin just pushed the envelope into something I didn't care for.....

  Totally agree on that point. The story didn’t need that at all — but having read numerous stories by Poppy, the writing was skillful.  And she /he/they/them toned this down. Yes. This is toned down from previous things so I could appreciate the writing. 

  
  

  While not as graphic (I can’t remember) King having the kid sex shit in It was unnecessary in my mind. Totally. There were other ways to bond them besides an adult act. I have never appreciated that moment, never liked it, but that didn’t take away from the writing or the story.   
  

  
  

  So, every story, in my mind, can have some redeeming qualities while also containing unnecessary fingering. 

  
  

  🤢🤣

  
  

  Jmo 
• Hedda Gabler

  4:24PM

  GNTLGNT said:

  Hedda Gabler said:

  The End….
  
  La Mala Hora — by Alex Segura 
  
  Hell hath no fury like a mother whose child needs her. While this can apply to anyone who has a special, loving relationship with a kid, in this case it was mom. And boy this story cranked up the fear. 
  
  As an aside, there was some Spanish sprinkled here and there— easy stuff — but after finishing my Duolingo course, I felt pretty damn good knowing what it said before being told. 
  
  Well done Alex.

  .....so was the death at the end, a metaphor for the Dark Man being vanquished by maternal love?.....

  Excellent thought. It works for sure.