#I think I've mentioned before how reading pterry left its mark on my writing

[regicidal-defenestration]

Do you ever read a book and realise how it's going to make you exponentially worse

#finished the monsters we deserve by marcus sedgwick in (according to the handy timer on my library's ebook reader) one 46 minute session #am not normal about it! #like it's possibly a letter. we don't know who from or who to but it's written KNOWINGLY like the narrator will correct their own grammar #the narrator will point out their own use of a comma in the very first lines and that WILL come up again like I am categorically not okay #about 'a fairytale (comma) ending' #it's about an author who hates the book frankenstein it's autobiographical in the same way Lemony Snickett books are if that makes sense #it asks the question 'was frankenstein the monster? is he still the monster if he's real and his ghost stands in front of you just a puppet #it says okay if mary shelley made the monster frankenstein to what extent did frankenstein make mary shelley #did she know what would happen to it how it would get misinterpreted over and over in adaptation? #and if you hate a book like HATE hate a book how do you get rid of it? you can't destroy your copy how do you destroy the very Essence Of #The Book because the narrator's an author he can't ban the book or burn it because he Knoqs what that leads to and yet... #the phrase 'frankenstein made a monster' can mean many things at once #it's also about - and this is key - what if there was a fucked up cabin in France #I think I've mentioned before how reading pterry left its mark on my writing #but reading this reminded me of how year 8/9/possibly 7 me read pretty much every book by him in my school library #which has Definitely influenced me too