#Trash stratum on cohost

It is...undoubtedly well-written. And the prose is definitely charming. But I'm about halfway through and it felt like it took about that length to actually get started. I typically don't really mind slow starts that much, but there's a time and place for it, and I'm not really sure if a Murder Mystery is the best place for it

To be fair to it, it definitely reads like it's supposed to be a coming-of-age novel first and foremost. It could just be that I might just dislike coming-of-age books, or maybe haven't found one I especially like or has stuck with me

Point is. I wish this book didn't feel like a slog. But, this is the author's debut so 🤷

#whatcha reading #Trash stratum #This is also on me for judging a book by its title #special topics in calamity physics sounds like a cool weird fic right? right?#or at the very least you'd expect it to have more talk about physics somewhere #maybe that's at the tail end and i'm still being impatient

Katooooooo🌲@saturns11/26/2022, 8:38 PM

okay yeah i've decided i'm just going to. Drop it.

Sorry miss pessl i'm sure your later work holds up and i will reread Night Film but i really do not care about these high schoolers. Lots of people really liked it _{in 2006} but i guess i'm just really not its target audience...

#I do genuinely feel bad dropping a book #i feel genuinely guilty dropping anything. I like seeing things through even if i don't like it #but this is such a slog and i could really be spending my time better #sighhhhhhhhhh............#Trash stratum

Katooooooo🌲@saturns11/25/2022, 5:09 PM

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I've been reading Special Topics In Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl on and off lately.

It is...undoubtedly well-written. And the prose is definitely charming. But I'm about halfway through and it felt like it took about that length to actually get started. I typically don't really mind slow starts that much, but there's a time and place for it, and I'm not really sure if a Murder Mystery is the best place for it

To be fair to it, it definitely reads like it's supposed to be a coming-of-age novel first and foremost. It could just be that I might just dislike coming-of-age books, or maybe haven't found one I especially like or has stuck with me

Point is. I wish this book didn't feel like a slog. But, this is the author's debut so 🤷

#whatcha reading #Trash stratum #This is also on me for judging a book by its title #special topics in calamity physics sounds like a cool weird fic right? right?#or at the very least you'd expect it to have more talk about physics somewhere #maybe that's at the tail end and i'm still being impatient