....and also going straight into vol 4. Which is, I mean, what I do. Keep reading while letting things play out. That’s how I do with TLT -- though TftGS leaves a little less unexplained (that I think is ever going to eventually be explained). Especially after this one. But there’s a lot of emotional oomph that’s just... fleetingly in text but SO THERE.
(And yes, I know I keep comparing this to The Locked Tomb but a) they have a lot of similarities, as different as they are in tone but more importantly b) I haven’t had another fandom or book series I’ve Kool-Aid-man’d through in quite the same way recently -- it’s been a media desert honestly.
There are a LOT of reasons for that that aren’t not wanting to watch/read/etc.
But this is a really good series to get back into binge-reading with: it starts fairly fast to read, gets progressively more compelling without losing the funny, and it has a lot of stuff I like (and, of course, it being a canon in RP is a great sell).
I also LIKE that there’s kind of a double layer there of fantasy - bc he clearly CLEARLY wants a family - but also the idea of him talking to himself and his own fearfulness and not being okay. Both bc it’s ...soft and gives me feels? and bc pragmatically, internal family system-ing is a good thing for someone who’s gone through some of the shit Jack has
But also I can totally see Jack taking care of kids with trauma or disabilities. Like. Maybe when he’s older, more self aware, less cursed (/in various sorta safer settings via fandom/RP/handwaving/plot devices I’m not up to). But. He takes care of other people much better than he does himself, already. And he doesn’t expect shit to be “normal”.
Anyway. This has been your ramble! I have many things I want to squee about, (also a few that I’m like ‘oh god that image is gonna haunt my dreams’, some theories, and about 3000 highlighted quotes) but I will refrain.
Feeling better, but may sleep and/or read on. I really, really want the CR and ACTION of tags but my brain just is ...not creating 🤷🏻
Don't miss the two novellas that happen between 3 and 4, they're insanely good! But you can always go back to them after you finish 4, they're not necessary reading to understand 4
I know you're not doing the audiobooks but I highkey recommend trying them out at least for the voice acting in book 3. The canon voice for Jack and his delivery made me actually cry at parts, he really sells the emotion even with very little text about it.
But this is a really good series to get back into binge-reading with: it starts fairly fast to read, gets progressively more compelling without losing the funny, and it has a lot of stuff I like (and, of course, it being a canon in RP is a great sell).
less cursed(/in various sorta safer settings via fandom/RP/handwaving/plot devices I’m not up to). But. He takes care of other people much better than he does himself, already. And he doesn’t expect shit to be “normal”.Feeling better, but may sleep and/or read on. I really, really want the CR and ACTION of tags but my brain just is ...not creating 🤷🏻