thomas
fun book, would recommend if you like backrooms type stuff.
don’t think they did enough with the concept of “forgetting” on a thematic level. while an entertaining read, it’s mostly driven by its plot, which is admittedly very interesting.
it’s “gimmick” does get a tad repetitive near the end, but even so almost always manages to catch me off guard.
*spoilers, broad strokes only below*
its ending is by far its weakest part though. i think it shouldn’t have escalated as much as it did. the stories and snippets were more interesting to me when they were more local, personal, and while the plot does try to keep things personal, it definitely does not stay local.
that too could be fine, but the resolution is a bit ehhh. while kind of in the nature of the subject of the book, there’s no real character development to look back on, everything ends up going kind of back to the status quo, which is i think the real problem with this kind of escalation.
fun book, would recommend if you like backrooms type stuff.
don’t think they did enough with the concept of “forgetting” on a thematic level. while an entertaining read, it’s mostly driven by its plot, which is admittedly very interesting.
it’s “gimmick” does get a tad repetitive near the end, but even so almost always manages to catch me off guard.
*spoilers, broad strokes only below*
its ending is by far its weakest part though. i think it shouldn’t have escalated as much as it did. the stories and snippets were more interesting to me when they were more local, personal, and while the plot does try to keep things personal, it definitely does not stay local.
that too could be fine, but the resolution is a bit ehhh. while kind of in the nature of the subject of the book, there’s no real character development to look back on, everything ends up going kind of back to the status quo, which is i think the real problem with this kind of escalation.