mouse finished reading Abarat by Clive Barker
Candy Quackenbush, a sixteen-year-old girl, is bored with her life and is desperate for something …
As a kid I found this so engaging but on re-read it felt flat and aimlessly zany
@mouse this is sort of how i felt about it too! perhaps he nailed the fairytale storytelling style in a way that didn't land for me as an adult? loved it as an aesthetic touchpoint, tho
@mouse this is sort of how i felt about it too! perhaps he nailed the fairytale storytelling style in a way that didn't land for me as an adult? loved it as an aesthetic touchpoint, tho