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T. Kingfisher's prose is really good if you're reading a short story about goblins but I have questions about its efficacy in a horror novel
The problem is I'm stodgy and I like when books are written a certain way and it seems like the prevailing style of a lot of contemporary authors is shifting away from what I like, which is obviously neutral in and of itself, but it makes it harder for me, Coriander, to enjoy them
I'm still having a lot of issues with her prose in this book
She just had a character who was born and raised in the states say "wank"
For the record, no, T Kingfisher is not British
But she writes like she thinks she is
I have to be honest I'm getting close to throwing this book across the room with some of these turns of phrase she uses
I think if you're writing a southern gothic horror, you shouldn't be allowed to use the word "gothic" as an adjective in the story itself, unless there's a literal Gothic cathedral or smth
She is always writing "Heh" as dialogue
Someone makes a joke and someone else replies "Heh"
I honestly hate being this negative on a book, but I adored Nine Goblins so much and I've seen so much hype around her horror novels that I went in really expecting and WANTING to love this and instead I'm just constantly irked
@coriander without context i find this extremely charming, hence you are wrong, sorry.
@wallhackio maybe you have bad taste