Let's Read The Remnants: jesus christ what the fuck

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Remnants: it's giving Mother...

I'm so sorry

# ¿ Jan 10, 2024 04:09

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# ¿ May 9, 2024 01:00

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Read this last night and have been revisiting the imagery mentally all day. What a haunting and beautiful description of the end of the world.

It feels a little too pat to have the only girl our protagonist has ever kissed also be the girl made famous by her death and footage of the mini asteroid, but that's a minor complaint. Really enjoyed this book and from scanning the somewhat shoddily written wiki, have no real idea where things will go other than darker and weirder. Excited to ride the asteroid as it were.

Tree Bucket posted:

Longer than you think, dad! Longer than you think!

The Jaunt was my first thought as well :hfive:

I'm sure little Billy will suffer no ill effects from centuries of consciousness with zero sensory input.

# ¿ Jan 23, 2024 19:06

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von Metternich posted:

For some reason that line has stayed with me for twenty years

You can see some of the same archetypes emerge as in Animorphs:

Jobs/Jake is The Guy. Very important to have A Guy in your book, publishers won’t buy it without one.
Mo/Marco is funny, but smarter than he seems. (They’re funny in different ways, I think)
Violet/Cassie has specialized knowledge and an annoying personal code that made me hate them when I was twelve.

I can see an argument for some of the others, but the cast is bigger here (albeit shrinking)

As a kid i was freaked out by the asteroid scene, double freaked out by the idea of putting a tube down your throat into your stomach (lungs?), and so scared I (ironically) couldn’t sleep by that last paragraph of the first book about Billy.

I am also on team anti-murderbaby, although I only have a vague memory of what happens with that.

Billy is kind of the Tobias of the group

# ¿ Jan 31, 2024 17:38

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WrightOfWay posted:

Big fan of book 2 so far. This poo poo is wild.

I read ahead a bit and just...buckle up. These books are crazy.

# ¿ Feb 2, 2024 03:17

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getting a lot of Greg from Over The Garden Wall vibes from Edward.

# ¿ Feb 15, 2024 06:03

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