aka @koosli@aus.social. I'm almost exclusively reading horror fiction, truly the greatest of genres.
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45% complete! Kat has read 9 of 20 books.
Within the context of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, a military project sends messages to alien worlds. A nearby alien society …
When Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface he is forced to …
When Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface he is forced to …
Leah is changed. Months earlier, she left for a routine expedition, only this time her …
Well that didn't take long
Well that didn't take long
Leah is changed. Months earlier, she left for a routine expedition, only this time her …
A friend recommended this more than once
Oh dang, there I go giving another book five stars. But this was so good! Even when part way through I realised this could pass as magical realism, and I don't like magical realism!
Monstrilio weirdly reminds me most of a Paul Auster family drama, despite all the blood, guts, fur and fangs. Every character is so well realised yet I didn't notice when this happened. The structure, where each act is told through a different character, kept the story fresh and continually building. I was expecting a different ending, I'll leave it at that to avoid spoilers. I just really loved this. I've run out of books again.
Oh dang, there I go giving another book five stars. But this was so good! Even when part way through I realised this could pass as magical realism, and I don't like magical realism!
Monstrilio weirdly reminds me most of a Paul Auster family drama, despite all the blood, guts, fur and fangs. Every character is so well realised yet I didn't notice when this happened. The structure, where each act is told through a different character, kept the story fresh and continually building. I was expecting a different ending, I'll leave it at that to avoid spoilers. I just really loved this. I've run out of books again.
Ok I was wrong when I made that comment...
I need to finish this over the weekend or I suspect I'm going to be ugly-crying on my commute next week
I need to finish this over the weekend or I suspect I'm going to be ugly-crying on my commute next week
Honestly this is an absolute banger of a book and maybe my favourite horror novel. It's tense, scary, multifaceted, funny, shocking and entertaining. I haven't actually seen the movie before, quite an omission on my part but I'm really glad I read this book first - I didn't see the ending coming.
Honestly this is an absolute banger of a book and maybe my favourite horror novel. It's tense, scary, multifaceted, funny, shocking and entertaining. I haven't actually seen the movie before, quite an omission on my part but I'm really glad I read this book first - I didn't see the ending coming.
That didn't take long
That didn't take long
Things are starting to kick off! :ohno:
@ben_hr :D
This is a very incremental psychological horror about our propensity to absorb and assimilate the not-quite-right in ways that aren't good for us. It's quite brilliantly done as sort of a haunted house story, but also a story about two people and their relationship. I really loved it.
This is a very incremental psychological horror about our propensity to absorb and assimilate the not-quite-right in ways that aren't good for us. It's quite brilliantly done as sort of a haunted house story, but also a story about two people and their relationship. I really loved it.
