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What are you currently reading, and general thoughts so far? (kbin.social)

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Hey there, I am curious what everyone is reading and how you are feeling with it. I started demon copperhead yesterday, made it about 70 pages in and decided to read the first book in the chthulu CaseBooks. It's a kinda retelling of Sherlock Holmes but with a Lovecraft quist.

I am digging it so far, about 50% through and it's a fun ride.

So what are you all reading?

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[–] caephi 2 points 1 year ago

recently read 'Homecoming' by Kate Morton. it's historical fiction set in austrailia in 2018 but a large part of the story centers around the deaths of a mother and her children in 1959. i went into it mostly interested in it for the mystery aspect trying to sleuth out the answers as to what happened to the family but by the end it really hit me with the emotional threads it weaved throughout.

a fun quirk of the book is large parts of it are written as another in-universe book written on the events in 1959. so there is a lens that informs the main muder mystery pillar of the story that adds a cool layer to the narrative.

disregarding the murder mystery the book had some great interwoven character narratives that all tied beautifully together. every character was very fleshed out and felt very singular, they didn't feel archetypal. the themes of family and how it gets tied into each characters development in the story was very satisfying. i would very much recommend.