The gecko-tapeworm thing is SO stupid and I've been genuinely baffled by all the high praise. Like, I assumed the gecko was a set-up for making her go out and get pregnant, whether by a stranger or a bank, and then forcing her to get rid of the baby, which would have been disturbing! But the tapeworm is just gross.
the whole book led up to literally nothing 😭 and if all it was gonna be was gross then i honestly feel like it should’ve been more gross than that . like he did not commit
just finished reading monstrilio last week. okay perfect timing. i was so shocked by the mention of people finding it kinky cause what?! people are crazy. i actually enjoyed how casual they were about everyone being gay.. it kinda adds to the magical realism of it all. as a lesbian that grew up in a very homophobic latinx country it felt nice to read a book set it latam with a bunch of queer characters not having to deal with a homophobic society. is it realistic? ig no, but its a book about a lung growing into a boy sooo. i can see how not everyone would be a fan of that choice tho 🤔
Omg i felt so validated hearing you talk about Things Have Gotten Worse, I was so excited to read it and when it was over I felt so incredibly underwhelmed and annoyed. I truly dont understand the hype for that book
I’m glad other people didn’t like it as much as I did, it just grossed me and made me upset really. I can’t look at an apple peeler the same way anymore lol
yes! "things have gotten worse" was one of the worst times i've ever had reading a book. it felt shallow and pointless. i agree with all of your points
Glad to hear you also enjoyed Our Wives Under The Sea as much as I did :) I agree that it was very fast paced in the sense that it was a page turner for me. I also wish that I cared about the main characters more, they seemed like a watered down (sorry) version of real people but at the same time I felt deeply for the loss of their relationship. I almost cared more about their potential and their history than the present time they spent with each other. Like mourning a relationship while you're still in it and coming to terms with the fact that it will end soon.
I read “ we used to live here “ the main characters are a lesbian couple, it also doesn’t sell it self like that. There’s a lot of religious themes, I found it pretty interesting
I am a queer horror writer/indie published author and I sometimes really doubt my own writing but honestly after reading things have gotten worse I felt very encouraged because if that utter trash bag of a book can exist as a book then maybe my writing is not completely garbage like I thought
Everytime you post I get so excited! I love knowing I'll get such an honest review as I think most book vids on RUclips are “dark romance” or edgy books that aren't allowed to be criticized.
frankie, my beloved, i literally treat your word as oath at this point. every book that you've enjoyed from past videos have been my exact taste and im curious to see what are some book that have changed your life or aspects of your thoughts!!
I'm from Australia and couldn't sleep, so I visited your channel just a couple hours ago and thought "dang, I wish Frankie had a new video. I have nothing good to watch". Was so excited to come back to RUclips an hour later to see this post. You've made 1am to 3am me very very happy, and even more excited to receive Monstrilio for Christmas :D. Keep it up, absolutely love your videos!
Our Wives Under the Sea is one of my favourite books. The body horror, the coldness, the mystery, the hopelessness. The ending was so emotional for me, i couldnt stop crying as she slipped away into the ocean. I can't wait to read Salt Slow, Armfield's short horror collection ❤
Fully delivered! This was another amazing video!! I really love the way you summarize books, book reviewing goals. I’m adding some of these to my tbr, thank youuu. good luck with ur essay!
Yay finally a vlog where I've read most of the books! Agree on all points. Monstrilio was my favorite book last year. Our Wives was phenomenal, agree about person you married changing, the selkie wife symbolism was fantastic. I'm a huge Eric LaRocca fan girl and TBH Things Have Gotten Worse is one of his worst, I have no idea why that one became so popular compared to the rest of his catalog.
okay, on the conversation about monstrilio and the cultural differences: i’m mexican and i can say that people here tend to be really homophobic or just not care at all, like complete indifference or just complete lack of acknowledgement towards the fact that you’re queer, so maybe that’s why you felt like monstrilio approached queerness in a very nonchalant way! sorry if this didn’t make sense at all LMAO my esl brain was struggling
i loved brainwyrms by allison rumfit but couldn’t get into tell me i’m worth it. brainwyrms is like if things have gotten worse since we last spoke was actually as freaky and kinky as people say it is
i trust in alison rumfitts ability to write kinky raunchy fiction even if i didnt like tell me i’m worthless . i think i’ll give her another go with brainwyrms
When I was 12 weeks pregnant with my youngest child I went for my first scan. If I remember rightly there were refurbishments being done in parts of the building. For some reason the hospital had decided the best place to put all of the cancer patients was with the expecting mums waiting for their sonograms. So on one side you have all the happy excited pregnant women waiting to see their babies. Then on the other side you had probably pretty scared people waiting to see the oncologist. It’s one of the strangest feelings I’ve ever had.
I JUST finished Monstrilio and it was soo good!! I also really liked Our Wives Under the Sea. I will keep the others on my radar hehe, but I skipped over the other segments to avoid spoilers
First --- thank you. I fucking hate Eric LaRocca's books. I've read too many hoping to find something I could like. They're all the same contrived garbage. Second -- Private Rites is excellent. Get ready for more water. Last -- Everything you disliked about Tell Me I'm Worthless is so much worse in Brainwyrms. I enjoyed both, but the heavyhandedness gets heavier. Your videos have been keeping me going lately. Thank you for the work and detail you put into all of them.
I have such a big TRL and you took all of these books off mine because I got to know them without having to check them out and that’s all I want from a book review. Thank you!
you *need* to read Where I End by Sophie White. its one of the creepiest/saddest things i’ve picked up in a while and i think it’s right up your alley!
I find it interesting with your experience with Our Wives Under the Sea. I interpreted the whole novel as a bit more literal-- horrible workplace accident, cold and useless/Kafkaesque bureaucracy with those factors compounding until the relationship... dissolves.
There is another book with a fascist house called White is For Witching by Helen Oyeyemi. It’s more about borders and immigration but is still quite weird/gothic with a queer element.
I read Tell Me I’m Worthless. It was confusing for me. I do like the emotional impact the characters go through, especially Alice. I do like that it didn’t sugarcoat what the trans community has been experiencing in recent years. I felt the story was rushed and sorta fell apart toward the end.
yay Frankie !!! Can I recommend a book? Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo :D Mexican literature, classic contemporary, I would love to hear your thoughts and perspective.
Great video I’ve read all these except Monstrillio and Our Wives. Your review makes me excited to get to Our Wives sooner than later. I am right there with you Frankie-this year my preference is reading books with gay characters and I plan on more queer horror going into 2025
just finished Monstrilio, such a good book, didnt expect what happens... your reviews are the best!!! more of these videos w spoilers where things are explained please 🥰
i recommend the book boulder by Eva Baltasar its very short ...its not that unsettling but i have never read anything like it ...soo yah!!!thank u for the awesome recommendations!!!!
I was so looking forward to your review of Tell Me I'm Worthless ever since I mentioned it. I think the greatest think about the book is that, in similar tone of Bad Gays: A History, it doesn't glorify trans people. I believe the nuance comes from the way that it is disgusting, it is harrowing, it is horrifying, and its violence done against a trans person, violence done by a trans person, but the beauty in it is that the supernatural aspect warps the perspective of the reader.. who do you believe? Who is the villain? Who is a monster? I think for sure that the writing style and the way that the themes are presented might not be for everyone's taste, and maybe because it was the first horror book I had ever read by an openly trans author and my bias comes from just one novel reading experience, it was a wake up moment for myself. So I admit that I am a bit disappointed that you didn't enjoy it but happy nonetheless that you read it anyway! I think the other side of beauty is that the feeling of hating the characters and the idea of hating bits of it makes it so human! I love that it was so gritty and awful, which I think, reminds at least myself of the reasons why I enjoy horror and that stemming from the comfort in discomfort that is so familiar. I will also add, last note, that especially in my experience as an anarchist/socialist activist I just LOVED the themes to death, even if done poorly, I'll inject it into my veins any day. Add queer, trans characters AND horror??? I was FED. Thanks so much for giving it a shot. I was so happy to see that you'd uploaded and that Tell Me I'm Worthless was given a shot! I appreciate your perspective, and I hope that your review can help reach out to people who will also give it a shot. Now... recommendation! Andrew Joseph White was a self-published indie author turned traditional, and is a trans-man who writes young adult thrillers, horror and fantasy with specific themes of queerness, transness, and anti-fascism! Would definitely recommend his books as they are written both beautifully, with stunning craft, as well as enthralling, eerie, and exciting!
Things have gotten worse since we last spoke is the worst book I've ever read and it's frustrating because it's such a good premise for a better longer book. but no it reads like a first draft and i can't understand the hype or why it had to be between 2 women. It felt like it was an excuse to just write gross stuff like the rotten meat and the cat getting run over. Also the roommate randomly appearing near the end?
Does anyone have channel recs for people similar to Frankie? Love that they don't get into fanfare or try to sell you on their channel with anything other than a genuine love of reading.
You should check out Dennis Cooper's The Sluts. It's like Things Have Gotten Worse, in that it takes place on an internet forum but it's actually good and actually shocking.
I'm actually a huge queer horror fan as well! tbh i did not like tell me i'm worthless much at all, but its been a while and i can't quite remember my specific gripes (other than the transphobe being trans, which is also a trope i hate) I have a few recommendations for gay horror as well Camp Damascus (Chuck Tingle) - the author is well known for writing super weird gay porn, but this book isn't like that and also SO good Her Body and Other Parties (Carmen Maria Machado) - I'll be surprised if you haven't read this one! I haven't read A Sunny Place for Shady People, but it sounds similar Sister, Maiden, Monster (Lucy A. Snyder) - weird, horrifying, kinky
Have you ever read 'Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead' by Emily Austin? its an amazing lgbt book and is the best depiction of anxiety, panic attacks, grief and more. i love it 9/10. i need more books like it lol
yes !! okay so i used the chart from here www.woollyrhinocrafts.art/2014/11/bigfoot-hat-free-knitting-pattern.html?m=1 which i started after doing 10-15 rows of 2x2 ribbing (way better shape if you do this on smaller needles but it’s not necessary) and then 12-15 rows of plain knit stitch after i finished the bigfoot design i decreased by doing: 1 row of knit 2 together, knit one 5 rows knit 1 row k2tog around 3 rows knit 1 row k2tog 1 row knit 1 row k2tog also i’ve learned if you do 2 rows of sl2 purlwise wyib, purl 2 right after the ribbing the brim will fold better sorry if i overexplained lol i love knitting
@frankiesshelf omg you're my hero 🙏 thank you!! and I love knitting and crocheting enough for it to be genuinely strange so dw about overexplaining, I appreciate it
I really like the 2 or 3 other stories in Things Have Gotten Worse I thought they were marginally better and more interesting especially in conjunction with the authors note at the end talking about their experience with religion and isolation. Nothing world shaking but i really enjoyed them and others with religious trauma probably would too
closer by dennis cooper should be on here, its basically the epitome of disturbing gays. its a hilarious, deeply unsettling, outrageous and absolutely brilliant postmodern classic. but also may make u want to throw up
of course it does,, individualism has been sold to us as the end all be all for like 200 years my guy. also who has ever said the queer experience is the same globally 😭
@frankiesshelf you said something along those lines. Along the lines of didn't want the characters a queer experience similar to the straight experience. That experience can be beautiful or chaotic, doesn't have to a soapbox or a podium. Respectfully 😉
things have gotten worse should've just gone full icky and be about a straight couple - idk i don't really see the dynamic in that book for a queer/lesbian couple, zoe seems abusive and callous about birth and maternity the way a straight man into "kink" is.
Interesting review for things have gotten worse! I haven't read this one, but I've read quite a bit of eric larocca short stories and I just do not like how he writes lesbians. All his other stories are great, imo.
100% disagree . this book calls itself “a celebration of queer stories”. magical realism means that the story takes place in our world but with magical elements. with all that said i can absolutely want the character’s queer identities to have more depth
Interesting selection I will have to check out our wives under the sea. I liked things have gotten worse since we last spoke (and I've just finished their full length novel everywhere the darkness eats) and I don't find it unusual that two women trying to impress each other would use such flowery language. Is La Rocca's work nasty for the sake of being nasty? Perhaps. But so what if it is. Art can set out to inspire any emotion. The Gays can have schlock and filth without being noble, same as the str8s.
absolutely they can! it’s just so boring and tired to read something that’s trying to be nasty, isn’t even being that nasty, and isn’t saying anything with it. as the reader it’s just not entertaining or interesting for me
honestly my least favorite thing about things have gotten worse is the fact that the two voices are indistinguishable from each other. like never at any point did i feel like i was reading emails written by two different people. it reads like a book written by one person who’s trying too hard 🫢
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The gecko-tapeworm thing is SO stupid and I've been genuinely baffled by all the high praise.
Like, I assumed the gecko was a set-up for making her go out and get pregnant, whether by a stranger or a bank, and then forcing her to get rid of the baby, which would have been disturbing! But the tapeworm is just gross.
the whole book led up to literally nothing 😭 and if all it was gonna be was gross then i honestly feel like it should’ve been more gross than that . like he did not commit
just finished reading monstrilio last week. okay perfect timing. i was so shocked by the mention of people finding it kinky cause what?! people are crazy. i actually enjoyed how casual they were about everyone being gay.. it kinda adds to the magical realism of it all. as a lesbian that grew up in a very homophobic latinx country it felt nice to read a book set it latam with a bunch of queer characters not having to deal with a homophobic society. is it realistic? ig no, but its a book about a lung growing into a boy sooo. i can see how not everyone would be a fan of that choice tho 🤔
i LOVE your spoilers. life is not long enough to read all the books i want to read so i’m happy to hear your summaries
Omg i felt so validated hearing you talk about Things Have Gotten Worse, I was so excited to read it and when it was over I felt so incredibly underwhelmed and annoyed. I truly dont understand the hype for that book
I didn't watch the video yet, but just for the thumbnail I was hoping it would be a fair critique! Hahahaha, IT'S SO ANNOYIIIINNNGGGGG
it’s actually so bad when i finished it i walked around my house going “a tapeworm?! a TAPEWORM??” like i still feel cheated
I’m glad other people didn’t like it as much as I did, it just grossed me and made me upset really. I can’t look at an apple peeler the same way anymore lol
yes! "things have gotten worse" was one of the worst times i've ever had reading a book. it felt shallow and pointless. i agree with all of your points
Glad to hear you also enjoyed Our Wives Under The Sea as much as I did :) I agree that it was very fast paced in the sense that it was a page turner for me. I also wish that I cared about the main characters more, they seemed like a watered down (sorry) version of real people but at the same time I felt deeply for the loss of their relationship. I almost cared more about their potential and their history than the present time they spent with each other. Like mourning a relationship while you're still in it and coming to terms with the fact that it will end soon.
perfectly worded - I could not agree more
Our wives under the sea has potentially changed the way my neurons transmit its impulses
at what point does it get good or faster or intruiguing? i tried reading it but was getting bored :(
I really apreciate your commitment to longer videos, it is so fun to hear your well thought out commentary
i truly just can’t shut up
tysm for adding spoiler timestamps 🙏🏻 great video :)
It’s the way i dont read ANY of the genres u read and yet you’re my fav book RUclipsr and i could listen to u for hours
I read “ we used to live here “ the main characters are a lesbian couple, it also doesn’t sell it self like that. There’s a lot of religious themes, I found it pretty interesting
I am a queer horror writer/indie published author and I sometimes really doubt my own writing but honestly after reading things have gotten worse I felt very encouraged because if that utter trash bag of a book can exist as a book then maybe my writing is not completely garbage like I thought
that’s the spirit! lol
THE HAT!!!!!!!!!!!
Everytime you post I get so excited! I love knowing I'll get such an honest review as I think most book vids on RUclips are “dark romance” or edgy books that aren't allowed to be criticized.
frankie, my beloved, i literally treat your word as oath at this point. every book that you've enjoyed from past videos have been my exact taste and im curious to see what are some book that have changed your life or aspects of your thoughts!!
I'm from Australia and couldn't sleep, so I visited your channel just a couple hours ago and thought "dang, I wish Frankie had a new video. I have nothing good to watch". Was so excited to come back to RUclips an hour later to see this post. You've made 1am to 3am me very very happy, and even more excited to receive Monstrilio for Christmas :D. Keep it up, absolutely love your videos!
Our Wives Under the Sea is one of my favourite books. The body horror, the coldness, the mystery, the hopelessness. The ending was so emotional for me, i couldnt stop crying as she slipped away into the ocean. I can't wait to read Salt Slow, Armfield's short horror collection ❤
Things Have Gotten Worse was literally just made for the gross factor! I am forever petty after being catfished by the insanely beautiful cover it has
and then it wasn’t even that gross! like have some commitment
I love your recommendations so much, I also really enjoyed monstrillio, can’t wait to hear about your thoughts!
Fully delivered! This was another amazing video!! I really love the way you summarize books, book reviewing goals. I’m adding some of these to my tbr, thank youuu. good luck with ur essay!
Yippee!! New Frankie’s shelf video!!!
Yay finally a vlog where I've read most of the books! Agree on all points. Monstrilio was my favorite book last year. Our Wives was phenomenal, agree about person you married changing, the selkie wife symbolism was fantastic. I'm a huge Eric LaRocca fan girl and TBH Things Have Gotten Worse is one of his worst, I have no idea why that one became so popular compared to the rest of his catalog.
okay, on the conversation about monstrilio and the cultural differences: i’m mexican and i can say that people here tend to be really homophobic or just not care at all, like complete indifference or just complete lack of acknowledgement towards the fact that you’re queer, so maybe that’s why you felt like monstrilio approached queerness in a very nonchalant way! sorry if this didn’t make sense at all LMAO my esl brain was struggling
i loved brainwyrms by allison rumfit but couldn’t get into tell me i’m worth it. brainwyrms is like if things have gotten worse since we last spoke was actually as freaky and kinky as people say it is
i trust in alison rumfitts ability to write kinky raunchy fiction even if i didnt like tell me i’m worthless . i think i’ll give her another go with brainwyrms
When I was 12 weeks pregnant with my youngest child I went for my first scan. If I remember rightly there were refurbishments being done in parts of the building. For some reason the hospital had decided the best place to put all of the cancer patients was with the expecting mums waiting for their sonograms. So on one side you have all the happy excited pregnant women waiting to see their babies. Then on the other side you had probably pretty scared people waiting to see the oncologist. It’s one of the strangest feelings I’ve ever had.
I JUST finished Monstrilio and it was soo good!! I also really liked Our Wives Under the Sea. I will keep the others on my radar hehe, but I skipped over the other segments to avoid spoilers
First --- thank you. I fucking hate Eric LaRocca's books. I've read too many hoping to find something I could like. They're all the same contrived garbage. Second -- Private Rites is excellent. Get ready for more water. Last -- Everything you disliked about Tell Me I'm Worthless is so much worse in Brainwyrms. I enjoyed both, but the heavyhandedness gets heavier.
Your videos have been keeping me going lately. Thank you for the work and detail you put into all of them.
damn it! i was gonna give brainwyrms a try but now i’m very much reconsidering
so so pumped for private rites though !!
@@frankiesshelf I mean -- it's a messy sexy romp -- but there is nothing subtle about it. I told my husband it felt like it was written in all caps.
I have such a big TRL and you took all of these books off mine because I got to know them without having to check them out and that’s all I want from a book review. Thank you!
I've read ALL these books. This is wild, can't wait to hear your thoughts.
You've become one of my fave WFH companions
you *need* to read Where I End by Sophie White. its one of the creepiest/saddest things i’ve picked up in a while and i think it’s right up your alley!
yes!! i’ve been looking for this book forever i really think i’ll like it. creepy / sad is the best combo
I find it interesting with your experience with Our Wives Under the Sea. I interpreted the whole novel as a bit more literal-- horrible workplace accident, cold and useless/Kafkaesque bureaucracy with those factors compounding until the relationship... dissolves.
THIS IS WHAT WE WANTED AND NEEDED
The hat is the coolest thing I've seen all day
YES this is exactly what I needed. I can't wait to find a copy of Monstrilio and chow down
that bigfoot beanie is awesome!
omfg my name is ila and its so jarring seeing it spelled the same way in tell me im worthless. thats my name!!!! hello!
There is another book with a fascist house called White is For Witching by Helen Oyeyemi. It’s more about borders and immigration but is still quite weird/gothic with a queer element.
ooh gotta check this out i loved helen oyeyemis writing in her short story collection
I read Tell Me I’m Worthless. It was confusing for me. I do like the emotional impact the characters go through, especially Alice. I do like that it didn’t sugarcoat what the trans community has been experiencing in recent years. I felt the story was rushed and sorta fell apart toward the end.
honestly yes! love the hat ❤
Omg I just saw thiiis and I have a 2 hour work trip tomorrow!!!!! I am so stoked omg
yay Frankie !!! Can I recommend a book? Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo :D Mexican literature, classic contemporary, I would love to hear your thoughts and perspective.
ooh thank you that looks great
Great video I’ve read all these except Monstrillio and Our Wives. Your review makes me excited to get to Our Wives sooner than later. I am right there with you Frankie-this year my preference is reading books with gay characters and I plan on more queer horror going into 2025
omg, I've read only Monstrilio and our Wives! Both very good. would recommend definitely interested in the others 👀
lol i read "things have gotten worse", short story but soooo disturbing. love your reviews 💖
just finished Monstrilio, such a good book, didnt expect what happens... your reviews are the best!!! more of these videos w spoilers where things are explained please 🥰
frankie that hat is awesome please show more of your knitting
i recommend the book boulder by Eva Baltasar its very short ...its not that unsettling but i have never read anything like it ...soo yah!!!thank u for the awesome recommendations!!!!
Our Wives Under the Sea is one of my all time faves!! I think you might like Grey Dog by Elliot Gish.
Your bigfoot hat is sooo good did you design it yourself??? I wanna make one inspired by it
PLEASE FRANKIE PLS MAKE A WINTER REC VIDEO. I NEEEED IT. IM IN THE THROWS OF SEASONAL DEPRESHUN HELP ME FRANKIE ILY ILY
I was so looking forward to your review of Tell Me I'm Worthless ever since I mentioned it. I think the greatest think about the book is that, in similar tone of Bad Gays: A History, it doesn't glorify trans people. I believe the nuance comes from the way that it is disgusting, it is harrowing, it is horrifying, and its violence done against a trans person, violence done by a trans person, but the beauty in it is that the supernatural aspect warps the perspective of the reader.. who do you believe? Who is the villain? Who is a monster?
I think for sure that the writing style and the way that the themes are presented might not be for everyone's taste, and maybe because it was the first horror book I had ever read by an openly trans author and my bias comes from just one novel reading experience, it was a wake up moment for myself. So I admit that I am a bit disappointed that you didn't enjoy it but happy nonetheless that you read it anyway!
I think the other side of beauty is that the feeling of hating the characters and the idea of hating bits of it makes it so human! I love that it was so gritty and awful, which I think, reminds at least myself of the reasons why I enjoy horror and that stemming from the comfort in discomfort that is so familiar. I will also add, last note, that especially in my experience as an anarchist/socialist activist I just LOVED the themes to death, even if done poorly, I'll inject it into my veins any day. Add queer, trans characters AND horror??? I was FED.
Thanks so much for giving it a shot. I was so happy to see that you'd uploaded and that Tell Me I'm Worthless was given a shot! I appreciate your perspective, and I hope that your review can help reach out to people who will also give it a shot.
Now... recommendation! Andrew Joseph White was a self-published indie author turned traditional, and is a trans-man who writes young adult thrillers, horror and fantasy with specific themes of queerness, transness, and anti-fascism! Would definitely recommend his books as they are written both beautifully, with stunning craft, as well as enthralling, eerie, and exciting!
Please read Closer by Dennis Cooper I need to hear your thoughts about it. It's insaane.
Things have gotten worse since we last spoke is the worst book I've ever read and it's frustrating because it's such a good premise for a better longer book. but no it reads like a first draft and i can't understand the hype or why it had to be between 2 women. It felt like it was an excuse to just write gross stuff like the rotten meat and the cat getting run over. Also the roommate randomly appearing near the end?
Does anyone have channel recs for people similar to Frankie? Love that they don't get into fanfare or try to sell you on their channel with anything other than a genuine love of reading.
You should check out Dennis Cooper's The Sluts. It's like Things Have Gotten Worse, in that it takes place on an internet forum but it's actually good and actually shocking.
i want to read it so bad but i can’t find it anywhere 😭 it’s one of like 10 books my library doesn’t have and i hate online shopping lol
I'm actually a huge queer horror fan as well! tbh i did not like tell me i'm worthless much at all, but its been a while and i can't quite remember my specific gripes (other than the transphobe being trans, which is also a trope i hate)
I have a few recommendations for gay horror as well
Camp Damascus (Chuck Tingle) - the author is well known for writing super weird gay porn, but this book isn't like that and also SO good
Her Body and Other Parties (Carmen Maria Machado) - I'll be surprised if you haven't read this one! I haven't read A Sunny Place for Shady People, but it sounds similar
Sister, Maiden, Monster (Lucy A. Snyder) - weird, horrifying, kinky
her body and other parties is one of my favourite reads this year!! and the others sound great thank you so much
You should definitely read something by Agustina Bazterrica, an argentenian horror genius.
Have you ever read 'Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead' by Emily Austin? its an amazing lgbt book and is the best depiction of anxiety, panic attacks, grief and more. i love it 9/10. i need more books like it lol
ok i need to know if you used a pattern for the bigfoot hat, and what pattern it was if so, bc obviously i *need* to make that
yes !! okay so i used the chart from
here
www.woollyrhinocrafts.art/2014/11/bigfoot-hat-free-knitting-pattern.html?m=1
which i started after doing 10-15 rows of 2x2 ribbing (way better shape if you do this on smaller needles but it’s not necessary) and then 12-15 rows of plain knit stitch
after i finished the bigfoot design i decreased by doing:
1 row of knit 2 together, knit one
5 rows knit
1 row k2tog around
3 rows knit
1 row k2tog
1 row knit
1 row k2tog
also i’ve learned if you do 2 rows of sl2 purlwise wyib, purl 2 right after the ribbing the brim will fold better
sorry if i overexplained lol i love knitting
@frankiesshelf omg you're my hero 🙏 thank you!! and I love knitting and crocheting enough for it to be genuinely strange so dw about overexplaining, I appreciate it
I really like the 2 or 3 other stories in Things Have Gotten Worse I thought they were marginally better and more interesting especially in conjunction with the authors note at the end talking about their experience with religion and isolation. Nothing world shaking but i really enjoyed them and others with religious trauma probably would too
If you love grief horror, check out The Haar by David Sodergren!
closer by dennis cooper should be on here, its basically the epitome of disturbing gays. its a hilarious, deeply unsettling, outrageous and absolutely brilliant postmodern classic. but also may make u want to throw up
i want to read closer and the sluts soo bad but my library has NO dennis cooper 💔
America / West has a fascination with labels. The queer experience globally is *not* the same.
of course it does,, individualism has been sold to us as the end all be all for like 200 years my guy. also who has ever said the queer experience is the same globally 😭
@frankiesshelf you said something along those lines. Along the lines of didn't want the characters a queer experience similar to the straight experience. That experience can be beautiful or chaotic, doesn't have to a soapbox or a podium. Respectfully 😉
That toque is awesome. 👏
things have gotten worse should've just gone full icky and be about a straight couple - idk i don't really see the dynamic in that book for a queer/lesbian couple, zoe seems abusive and callous about birth and maternity the way a straight man into "kink" is.
obsessed with the thumbnail, gay people are scary!!!!
Interesting review for things have gotten worse! I haven't read this one, but I've read quite a bit of eric larocca short stories and I just do not like how he writes lesbians. All his other stories are great, imo.
Oh thank god
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You should give Brainwyrms a go if you liked Tell Me I'm Worthless. I read it and gave it 5 stars but I was also disgusted the whole time.
Just commenting to say that if you want to read a good horror book about lesbians and parasites read Braiwyrms by Allison Rummfit
Can u do reading vlogs pleeeese🥹🥹🖤
you should read PARADISE ROT!!
I gave this video a like as soon as you said “I think it’s horrific to be queer” lmao
Frankie Frankie I beg of you read Jawbone (Monica Ojeda) if you haven't already
for you.. i will
"things have gotten worse" just reminds me of reddit
absolutely rancid lmaoo
I'm sorry, but talking about "reflecting reality" in a book where a lung grows into a boy is... nitpicky.
100% disagree . this book calls itself “a celebration of queer stories”. magical realism means that the story takes place in our world but with magical elements. with all that said i can absolutely want the character’s queer identities to have more depth
Dude you’re fuckinh hilarious!!
GOOD HAT!!!
Interesting selection I will have to check out our wives under the sea. I liked things have gotten worse since we last spoke (and I've just finished their full length novel everywhere the darkness eats) and I don't find it unusual that two women trying to impress each other would use such flowery language.
Is La Rocca's work nasty for the sake of being nasty? Perhaps. But so what if it is. Art can set out to inspire any emotion. The Gays can have schlock and filth without being noble, same as the str8s.
absolutely they can! it’s just so boring and tired to read something that’s trying to be nasty, isn’t even being that nasty, and isn’t saying anything with it. as the reader it’s just not entertaining or interesting for me
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honestly my least favorite thing about things have gotten worse is the fact that the two voices are indistinguishable from each other. like never at any point did i feel like i was reading emails written by two different people. it reads like a book written by one person who’s trying too hard 🫢
Trans?
I was desperately in need of a Tell Me I'm Worthless spoiler review!!
Our Wives Under the Sea 🫶 Monstrillio 🫶 ugh some of my faves
Tell Me I’m Worthless is actively on my tbr also