Paisley

I don't know what on earth I just read.


At first I thought, “maybe it's about Slavic mythology/folklore...something to do with a deity trying to stay relevant in the current day.” Then I kept reading, and became even more confused all while understanding bits and pieces of it relating to physics and the quantum mechanics?? Idk. The story was interesting enough to keep me engaged. But I didn't understand it, despite craving to be knowledgeable enough. I just. Idk.

I'm going to go do a deep dive on Reddit to try and find some really dumbed down explanations on what kind of weird messed up philosophical, quantum mechanics wizarding world this is supposed to be.

I want to give less stars, but I can't, because the beginning 40 or so chapters were captivating. But the rest of it was just utter nonsense. If I had to read that something looked like baby teeth one more time I was gonna pull out my own teeth. Or read that there was some cloud motif for the 30th time or if I had to believe a group of 7 year olds built a tree house like that? C'mon bud. I know you want the comradery of Stranger Things or It, but this book wasn't doing it for me. The ending was too drawn out, and there were too many spots where I wanted it to be over with the endless near climaxes. If I wanted to be edged I'd have gone on a tinder date. All in all, read til it starts to repeat itself and put it down, and just know the ending is a weird twist of religious themes and repeating paragraphs for the sake of making the book longer. Sorry Chbosky, but this didn't fill my craving for horror.