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November 13, 2020
– Shelved
November 13, 2020
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to-read
November 13, 2020
– Shelved as:
horror
November 13, 2020
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novellas
November 14, 2020
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Started Reading
November 14, 2020
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11.41%
"You think you have seen the most terrible thing, the one that coalesces all your nightmares into a freakish horror that actually exists, and the only consolation is that there can be nothing worse. Even if there is, your mind will snap at the sight of it, and you will know no more. But there is worse, your mind does not snap, and somehow you carry on."
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42
November 15, 2020
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39.13%
"The conventions of horror tales and mysteries - even mysteries of the bloodless, one-corpse variety enjoyed by her fans - were surprisingly similar, and as she flipped open her phone she thought, In a story, it wouldn’t work. This was a case of life imitating art, because when she powered up her Nokia, the words NO SERVICE appeared in the window. Of course. Being able to use her phone would be too simple."
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144
November 15, 2020
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52.17%
"She recognized this for the stupidity it was as soon as it was out of her mouth. If people didn’t root for psychos, they wouldn’t still be making movies about the nut in the hockey mask and a burn victim with scissors for fingers."
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192
November 15, 2020
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57.61%
"There was no pity in the glance, only the sort of parting acknowledgment anyone may give to a piece of hard work that has now been finished."
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212
January 4, 2021
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90.76%
"The refrigerator whirred, the water dripped in the sink, and the raw seconds passed. This was the Darker Life, where every truth was written backward."
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334
January 4, 2021
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Finished Reading
September 15, 2023
– Shelved as:
hardcover