It’s Thursday at 1:40 p.m. which means it’s time for another edition for the fortnightly phenom that is Books in 140 Seconds. Two weeks ago, Erin and I talked Fear of Fighting, which explores the horrors of the breakup, and this week we’re following up with a book that explores horror a little more literally. Join us as we sink our teeth into the too-many-toothed creatures and troubled teens that populate Joey Comeau’s One Bloody Thing After Another:
(Also, as a disclaimer, the expression on my face in this opening still is NOT how I feel about the book. Just about Erin.)
Your next dose of a book club in double time runs on June 3rd at 1:40 p.m. We’re revealing our penchant for selective apocalypses once more as we talk about Evan Munday’s graphic novel Quarter-Life Crisis: Only the Good Die Yung.
Oooh, looking forward to your Quarter-Life Crisis discussion/review. I read it last week, and am now in the midst of a big angst over whether I should review it. I’ll wait and see what you lot think. ;)
This book totally surprised me! I really enjoyed it, even with the blood dripping on the carpet and some quite disturbing occurrences. I’m not a horror fan, either, but this transcended the kind of horror that makes one feel rather…grimy. This horror had heart.
I thought OBTAA tender and real and poignant and gripping and atmospheric and clever and also very amazing since it managed to be all of these things in such a short period of time. It’s a fantastic (twisted) variation on a theme (or rather several themes), an interesting way to creatively explore what so many others do in less interesting ways.