Post by rockefeller on Nov 28, 2022 23:12:30 GMT
Okay, I've got three subs festering in my FIFO queue. Currently on deck is Hanson's "The Price" which I read on the weekend during a lull in the dish pit. Some fine description. Seemed well edited. Didn't like it. Some inexplicably obsessed, rich and powerful dude has gone to great lengths to track down some mutant cross between a beautiful woman and a bunch of disgusting sea creatures in order to hear her (its?) disgusting story of an evil priest and some zombie-esque woman, all in exchange for one of his arms (though it only cost me about 15 minutes of my life). It's chock full of gross, albeit well penned, mutilations and ickiness, which appear to be its sole raison d'etre. For, to my mind, it had no metaphorical or literal depth. It was just a creepy tale for the sake of creepiness. Meaningless, thoughtless, idealess, but for its apt description. A hard pass. Into the Porthole and all that.