[nesfa-reading-group] Folklorn; Growing up Weightless; The Fold

[David G. Grubbs]

Thank you Liz for your mini review. It is much like what I wrote down to
deliver at the meeting tonight. Since you won’t be there, the gist of my
review is that the way the author refused to differentiate between fantasy,
hallucinations, fears, and reality drove me bonkers.

The whining also began to get to me.


On Fri, Jun 3, 2022 at 11:16 Liz P <lpatton88 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a conflict and cannot attend tonight.
>
> Folklorn: Regrettably, I loathed it. After suffering through the first
> 80 pages or so, I chose not to read any more. Miserable story with a
> miserable and crazy protagonist and her equally miserable and crazy
> parent.
>
> The constant whining and bursts of bat-shit craziness drove me away. I
> skimmed some of the later material about (reliving?) the bizarre old
> folk tales but then decided to return the book so somebody else could
> have their day ruined by reading it.
>
> Zero stars.
>
> For the recommendations sent over email (BTW they all look
> interesting) here are the ones I vote for:
>
> Growing up Weightless
>
> The Fold
>
> -Liz
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