I *loved* it. So beautifully written! I also liked that it used myths i personally wasn't familiar with. Like it took me ages to realise I was reading about the guy who puts his death in an egg and I didn't even twig it was a Persephone myth til right near the end.
Also, give it up for the Beast! What a good ugly boi.
I thought the places Roza was taken were fairy tale worlds, that he'd cross to with some more of transport similar to how the black mare takes petey and finn for their nightly rides. They didn't make sense but they had the feel of dream logic or a story for a very young child
I could see why the reveal that Finn was faceblind mattered to Petey, because she had so many people telling her she was ugly and for her that played right into it. But Finn liked her face and I guess it's that thing where, you're attracted to someone's face and maybe your idea of perfect face isn't my idea of perfect face, but does it matter of the end result is we get to look at our favourite faces?
I also liked the idea of "things everybody knew" and how it's presented as an absolute even though in fact its mutable and shifting all the time
The ghost that eats out of the Cordero fridge was, prior to the reveal that it's Roza filtered through Miguel's sleeping mind, felt purely Eerie to me.
And the corn talked,and moved, AND IT WANTED TO HELP AND WAS BENIGN ALL ALONG ON MY GOD THAT WAS GREAT!
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Also, give it up for the Beast! What a good ugly boi.
I thought the places Roza was taken were fairy tale worlds, that he'd cross to with some more of transport similar to how the black mare takes petey and finn for their nightly rides. They didn't make sense but they had the feel of dream logic or a story for a very young child
I could see why the reveal that Finn was faceblind mattered to Petey, because she had so many people telling her she was ugly and for her that played right into it. But Finn liked her face and I guess it's that thing where, you're attracted to someone's face and maybe your idea of perfect face isn't my idea of perfect face, but does it matter of the end result is we get to look at our favourite faces?
I also liked the idea of "things everybody knew" and how it's presented as an absolute even though in fact its mutable and shifting all the time
The ghost that eats out of the Cordero fridge was, prior to the reveal that it's Roza filtered through Miguel's sleeping mind, felt purely Eerie to me.
And the corn talked,and moved, AND IT WANTED TO HELP AND WAS BENIGN ALL ALONG ON MY GOD THAT WAS GREAT!