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[–] BoiLudens@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Son of a bitch is that what that book was about

[–] AngryishHumanoid@reddthat.com 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

No one (and I include the writer, God, and Brainiac 5) knows what that book was about.

[–] match@pawb.social 6 points 10 months ago

But do you include Mark Z. Danielewski?

[–] ConsistentAlgae@reddthat.com 4 points 10 months ago

No joke. I still have mine from back in the day and I took notes on this shit and still have no idea what it’s about.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

I mean the hallway getting longer between the parents and their kid was kind of a hint.

[–] kakes@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Dunno, but I like this take, and I'm accepting it as canon.

[–] bulwark@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

This book was insaneo. I read the footnotes simultaneously with the story and it felt like a choose your own adventure book.

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Good book but it needed another 4 layers of meta. Shame the authors current series won’t be finished.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

This book is the death of comfort.

[–] CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

I love that book, and I miss seeing Hakita in my feed, wish they'd join Mastodon!

[–] JillyB@beehaw.org 5 points 10 months ago

I got this book recently. I've read like 20 pages before dropping it for now. It's weird