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Thomas Olde Heuvelt is obsessed with nipples. There are so many damn nipples in this book. Gross rotting witch's nipples, creepy sexual assault nipples, giant metaphorical nipples. The nipples of a teenage boy are also described in detail at one point. This dude LOVES (or possibly is deeply terrified of?) nipples.
What does he not care for? Characters.
Also, I feel like -- ladies.
There are four (third person) POV characters in this book.
1. Concerned father
2. Rebellious but kind-hearted teenage son ...more
What does he not care for? Characters.
Also, I feel like -- ladies.
There are four (third person) POV characters in this book.
1. Concerned father
2. Rebellious but kind-hearted teenage son ...more
fulfilling book riot's 2018 read harder challenge task #19: A book of genre fiction in translation
extry points given to me, by me, for choosing a book that has been in my house for more than a year.
extry points given to me, by me, for piggybacking this onto my october is spoooooooky reading goals.
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As in so many fairy tales, the cruelest part is often overlooked. It’s not the depravity of the witch, but the mourning of the poor woodcutter over the loss of h ...more
extry points given to me, by me, for choosing a book that has been in my house for more than a year.
extry points given to me, by me, for piggybacking this onto my october is spoooooooky reading goals.
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As in so many fairy tales, the cruelest part is often overlooked. It’s not the depravity of the witch, but the mourning of the poor woodcutter over the loss of h ...more
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Oct 17, 2017
Misha
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it was amazing
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Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt is a modern take on an ancient witch who has taken residence in a town for over 300 years. The witch has been there so long that the community even made an app so people can share her whereabouts in order to steer tourists away from her horrible visage. You see, this witch has her mouth and eyes stitched shut with black thread, and she is a ghastly sight--can't have just anybody stumbling across the town's dirty little secret. At turns funny and horrific, this is a wit
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This is the most Stephen King book not written by Stephen King or Joe Hill. An homage to Pet Sematary, creepy as fuck, and full of those insights into people's inner thoughts that are uncharitable and icky, but so humanizing. I really, really can't believe this isn't a movie yet.
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