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[tragedykery]

you know what? to be completely fair to dr victor hoppe, if that had happened to me, I, too would develop a complicated (read: fucked up) relationship with like. Everything

#(he’s the main character of the book I’m currently reading lol) #(de engelenmaker/the angel maker by stefan brijs) #elli rambles #can’t speak for the english translation but the original dutch book is really good so far #even though I found the first part of the book pretty boring the second part is incredibly interesting #like man! I Get why he turned out Like That! what the fuck! #the book is such an interesting exploration of christianity/religious trauma & hubris & parent-child relationships & nature vs nurture #that said I do wonder: mr stefan brijs were you perhaps raised catholic? obviously he could have been raised areligiously & just done #loads of research etc but catholicism is Such an important thing in the book that I think it’s the most likely explanation #I would probably get even more out of the book if I like. knew the bible but I am Not reading that thang for this #though it might be worthwhile to go through the dates mentioned in the book & look up if they’ve got importance in christianity (like #holidays & such). wouldn’t put it past the author #anyway. advertisement voice: god complexes! medical inaccuracies & malpractice! explorations of characters that make you go ‘why the fuck #are they Like That’! if you like these things you may be interested in ‘the angel maker’ by stefan brijs #de engelenmaker