playing with some fancy new brushes i picked up. if you remember this cat: sorry
if its any consolation i've been thinking about revisiting SITA but far in the future while Paradise Lost is happening in the background
#Trash stratum
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 🤷
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'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 🤷
back when cartoon network had flash games there was this one Class of 3000-themed song maker that let you put together a bunch of pre-made music loops while animated gifs of the main characters played their respective instruments. It was one of my favorite things on the site. I would always have one character lead in, followed by two others and have an ensemble play the whole thing before i end it with the single player from the first part of the track end it with the same riff.
I bring this up because I am about 65% sure I employ the exact same song structure at 24 years old