The Cipher

Nina Guerrera Book 1

332 pages

English language

Published Nov. 1, 2020 by Thomas & Mercer.

ISBN:
978-1-5420-2247-7
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I hope you like the 90s grunge scene!

Funhole and the two of the most insufferable protagonists you've ever met! I had a fantastic time reading this but you may not.

Horror as metaphor

Welcome to the funhole! The great thing about writing is that you don't need to explain anything, so there's this 3-d Rorschach test (ok, to the characters, it's a black hole, but to the reader it could mean ...anything) manifest in an apartment block's utility closet, that draws the attention of a group of mostly marginalised, mostly unlikeable characters. Some decent body horror follows, but the characters are so unsympathetic that we don't care (hiya, Nakota!) and while the ambience & atmosphere is well developed, it's still pretty yucky and you might want a shower afterwards. I'll go with the funhole representing late stage capitalism.

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