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Chad Nelson

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8% complete! Chad Nelson has read 2 of 25 books.

Izumi Suzuki: Terminal Boredom (Paperback, 2021, Verso Books) 4 stars

"Born from the obsessive and highly idiosyncratic mind of a cult figure of the Japanese …

Interesting ideas but boring writing

3 stars

Speculative fiction short stories by a mid-20th century feminist Japanese performance artist and writer…what’s not to like? Well, the writing, that’s what. I found myself consistently interested in the ideas but bored by the actual writing. Characters were hollow vehicles for ideas and plot and I just could not get into it.

Anton Hur, Bora Chung: Cursed Bunny (Paperback, 2021, Honford Star) 4 stars

Cursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories by Korean author Bora Chung. Blurring …

Dark, weird but mostly humane stories

5 stars

Loved this collection of dark and strange stories. I was often uncomfortable and audibly cringing while reading these stories as she does not shy away from body-horror, but nonetheless felt compelled to keep reading. Characters are seeking meaning and a sense off humanity through bizarre and often grotesque circumstances, which brought me deeper into each story even as I recoiled.

The stories are at their most powerful when she turns up the psychological disorientation through slowly revealed details, in stories you have to ( and want to) read several times to make sense of.