@@frankiesshelf also the don't stop believin' line is pretty peak "i'm young and don't understand popular old media" and was horrible to hear you read but also i think that's an important feeling to have
So American Pyscho is 100x more visceral and grotesque and also 100x more detailed with the descriptions of what everyone is wearing like down to the brand of moisturiser and the brand of their spectacles. Every time it's a new scene every single item of clothing is listed. I enjoyed the listing of street names in The Shards. I remember having to take breaks with American Pyscho whereas The Shards is much more readable. Would love to see what you make of AP if you read it.
New subscriber here!! Your channel has literally revived my enjoyment of booktube. Love that you’re talking about horror books but I love all of your book talk. One’s Company is now on my immediate TBR. Thank you for your great insight and wonderful content.
i am so happy you read the shards !!!! that chapter of the casette of Matt Kellner actually gives me chills everytime... and that book had me checking the closet in my apartment to genuinely make sure no one was there lmao. such a unique book and so compelling
and i do think that the trawler (although it may have been many people) was bret. the way he describes robert when he sees him at the movie theater as like of other-worldly beauty, as if he was a god, and his obsessive drug use and "long drives" all points to me that bret was basically having blackouts and making these sacrifices to robert. also the fact that the first victim was robert's girlfriend... which clearly would have made bret (who was uncomfortable with his sexuality and not openly bisexual) jealous. that's the theory i believe anyway :)
I recently stumbled onto your yt channel and I love how you explain the synopsis of each book without spoiling it. You make the books sound so intriguing!
I loved chlorine so much and I didn’t really dislike the mc but I related to her thinking in a lot of ways.., and seeing everyone hating her so much has me self assessing 😭
Just found your channel and love it! I Who Have Never Known Men is holding my #3 of all time favorites ( competing for the same spot is Tell Me I'm Worthless ) and I was completely blown away by the story. I am a huge fan of feminist, nihilistic, gritty books that manage to tackle critical thinking topics AND still manage to have beautiful prose and storytelling!
You would probably love the podcast Once Upon a Time at Bennington College. It’s basically about Donna Tartt and Brett Easton Ellis and their whole writer gang from the same college. They all use each characters based on each other in their fictional stories. They’re even known to use the fictional college Camden as a stand in for Bennington College in their stories.
chlorine reminds me (probably mostly because i *just* read it lol) of a short story in the Irish literary journal 'Banshee' #5, "The Souring of Milk" by Sophie van Llewyn where *SPOILER* this traditional housewife in a very traditional marriage can't perform her house tasks like miking the sheep or watching the souring of milk, anymore bevause she is heavily pregnant and overdue at that so all she ends up being able to do is lie in the bathtub ans she even tries to get out but she cant anymore so she watched her husband have an affair and while she is basically bound to the bathtub and she feels helpless while first the neighbors help her but then she feels like they start to resent her and the baby does not want to come she seems to go through some kind of transformation of first eating a fish whole and then slowly developing a tail, even a veterarien not a human doctor inspecting her, until at the end she "sings the baby out" and her daughter gets born as a mermaid and they both, as mermaids, escape through the drain
I found your channel a week ago, and I’ve read of a couple of the books you’ve featured on your channel! I’m Thinking of Ending Things was so good, and I just finished Bunny- definitely a bit of a rollercoaster, but an enjoyable one! The way you describe books makes me excited to read again, thank you for that!
Ah! New video from Fern! Im happy now. Pd: New recomndation Satanas by Mario Mendoza. A real case about a psychopath in colombia but written as a novel with a sprinkle magical realism. I hope you enjoy my country's (Colombia) literature!
these have been so wonderful and fill me with all the thoughts I am consumed by upon reading. making me want to read ever so much more!! my to read list is rapidly growing out of control but feeling very inspired! :,]]
you look like a trumpet kid but for your sake i hope im wrong (this coming from a flute player) and you actually did like clarinet or violin or something
I feel so validated - I’ve tried to read Dubliners twice and both times I couldn’t get more than 15-20 pages in because it was literally putting me to sleep 😂
i've been wandering if bret easton ellis' works would be something i enjoy, since im basically in love with donna tartt, and now that im watching this video the shards has definitely been added to my tbr !
I caught one of your videos 2 weeks ago & immediately went out and bought This Thing Between us. Read that book so fast! I usually have adhd & get distracted easily but i couldnt put that book down. Im putting more of your book recs on my tbr list. 😊🎉💜
Chlorine was one of my least favorite books of 2023. It reads like a ya. I rolled my eyes so hard so many times. Also: American Pyscho is like reading a catalog interspersed with crime scene photos. It's the grossest book I've ever read, but so well done. Like, so smart. So stomach-turning. I want to read The Shards real bad. "So much has happened but also nothing has happened" is my plot speed sweet spot.
i was in such a reading slump last year and Severance saved me!!!!! one of my absolute favorite books now…eek i cannot wait for whatever ling ma writes next!
lol i started chlorine yesterday and dnf-ed it 50 pages in because the writing was just bad. it was disappointing because i also got done reading "gideon the ninth" which i also hated so it was back to back disappointments. im now reading "House of Hunger" by Alexis Henderson to satisfy my need to read some lesbian horror and so far im enjoying it a lot more.
Sweater weather spellcasting - love it I also loved I who have never known men although I wish I had been given more answers I found chlorine mid & didn’t care for the main character
I think you played the cello! Tell us your instrument😀😀 Thank you for the review. I read I who have never known men this year and it is one of my favorite books. You have summarized it beautifuly.
I love the way you talk about books! I think you might really enjoy some of Shirley Jackson's horror, The Haunting of Hill House and my comparatively underrated fave, We Have Always Lived in the Castle.
Queer relationships, body horror, mermaids, retrospective narrator...Despite your (totally fair) critiques, I have to check out Chlorine, it's right up my alley!
if you like short story collections i’d recommend her body and other parties by carmen maria machado as well as salt slow by julia armfield!! there’s no mermaids but they’re very very good queer horror collections
If you enjoy BEE's writing, you should read Glamorama. It's a wild book but doesn't have the gruesomeness of The Shards. They are my two favorite books by him!
as a clarinet, i think you are also a clarinet you just have the vibe 😙 (if you are a trumpet im gonna be mad at u srry.. if you're a string instrument like ..unsubscribing. might be ok if you're a horn or saxophone /lh)
I recently discovered your channel and I really like your videos. I was surprised that you did not like "Crime and punishment". But I mean... I get it. It is a long and convoluted book. BUT DUBLINERS ? 🥲 So well written. So lively. Such a good and accurate portrait of Dublin.
@@frankiesshelf I get it... I am a big fan of Irish culture and maybe this is why I liked it so much. Sometimes you should make a video about Canadian authors specifically by the way ! It could be so interesting !!