jason

@radialhowl.bsky.social

he/him. 30. guy on the internet. warframe enjoyer. i read a lot.

god i need to stop trying to give eric larocca a chance because i know i’m not gonna have a good time, but they are one of those authors i desperately want to understand the appeal of and at this point i don’t think i ever will.

about 2/3 of the way through the daughters' war and it's making me wanna read the blacktongue thief again. i need to buy both of these books so i can make other people read them like i do with between two fires.

one thing about christopher buehlman is that he is going to write a death scene that is simultaneously so so simple but also insanely emotionally potent and you're gonna sit there like 😟 the whole time

about 3/4ths of the way through the blacktongue thief and i really really appreciate christopher buehlman's ability to write ensemble-ish casts and the worldbuilding for this story. i think this is in second place behind between two fires for my favorite works of his.

the like ass backwards underlying thesis of "all men are innately evil EXCEPT trans men who are uwu special because they Get women and are incapable of perpetuating misogyny" is kind of what's the biggest sticking point to me. like way to go you are also invalidating your trans protag's gender.

other readers that are also haters are out here losing their minds over shit like fourth wing and haunting adeline. not me. i've been writing an essay about how bad the spirit bares its teeth is because i have so much to say. 2000 words so far and i'm not even halfway through all my criticisms.

i'm personally ambivalent towards the inclusion of trigger lists in novels, but i feel like the recent trend of authors printing A LINK to their trigger warnings completely undermines the entire point of having them in the first place.

peak male friendship is scheduling eye doctor appointments one right after the other on the same day because your buddy is scared of the eye doctor because he hasn't been in almost a decade

reading the necromancer's house as a reprieve from The Other Thing i'm kind of suffering through and once again getting to appreciate buehlman's ability to write some of the worst people you know but also manage to make them charming in a way

forgot that, at the height of my fever, i bought a copy of the 2009 syfy alice miniseries because i wanted to watch it so bad but couldn't find it online anywhere