Vonnegut

I am going into this story rather blind, but it has been sitting around for some time. This chapter is, in essence, the literary equivalent of shaking a snow globe ...

What a spooky Christmas tale. I never connect the two of those in my head, but it's very fitting considering what I've read from you thus far. Beginning the story ...

Ah, poetry. I'm getting better with it. The idea behind this is quite creative, I admit. The breathlessness mirrors the narrator's desperation to interrogate expression itself: the "said and unsaid ...

To begin, there is something undeniably compelling about the narrative voice in this story. It's a frantic, manic, scattershot internal monologue that swings between nihilistic humour and traumatic co

I cannot say I have read the previous chapters or the previous book, but this chapter has been sitting for an unfortunate amount of time. A lot can be inferred ...

Stonecity sounds grand. A grumpy mage in patchwork clothes waking among graffiti gives the story immediate tone, and perhaps all that is expected of Stonecity is a facade... Things aren't ...

So... The strongest element of the piece is its atmosphere. You clearly knew how to turn the forest into a living entity. The moment Anna and her friends enter, the ...

We begin with anxiety about rollercoasters. Fair. Common. Human. It's quite refreshing considering the grander amount of supernatural stories and how they handle plots. The prose itself mirrors that:

This is a pleasant narrative. I don't find myself gravitating toward them, but you write with a steady, practiced hand. The prose is clean, calm, and sure of itself, and ...

First of all, the prose is lovely in many places; the "lonely ache" is beautifully written, and Eliza’s emotional centrifuge feels real enough that I didn't question it. I skimmed ...

Well, I must be in a poetry mood. This is quite atmospheric above all else. The imagery is vivid, tactile enough to feel as gross as it wants to come ...

There is an undeniable lushness to your language. This is craftsmanship worth noting because it is startling in its clarity. You clearly have a gift for impressionistic sensory layering where ...

We meet again for the third and, assumedly, final part... The first third of the chapter is the strongest portion because it is the most honest. Last chapter, I mentioned ...

Ah, now the action begins. This certainly delivered. The voice continues to be engaging, the banter is sharp, and the character dynamics feel lived-in, which is all you could ask ...

I had written part of this review, yet never finished it... Here I am now. So, the atmosphere, call it cyberpunk-lite by way of high school nostalgia, is your strongest ...