bulletpointreviews &mdash; verity's correspondance book https://wordsmith.social/verity-writes/tag:bulletpointreviews reactions and lil posts Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:19:00 +0000 Lovecraft Country, Matt Ruff https://wordsmith.social/verity-writes/lovecraft-country-matt-ruff <![CDATA[My first real audiobook experience (not quite counting Good Omens, because at that point I'd read the book several times, watched the TV adaptation and circled round to the audiobook to listen more to David Tennant and Michael Sheen's narration). Cosmic horror in Jim Crow-era America. Horror-level stakes (fate of the universe, and so on) mixed with the real-life stakes of racist institutions and police. Cutting commentary. Also, good fantasy. Enjoyed it. #fantasy #bulletpointreviews]]> My first real audiobook experience (not quite counting Good Omens, because at that point I'd read the book several times, watched the TV adaptation and circled round to the audiobook to listen more to David Tennant and Michael Sheen's narration).

Cosmic horror in Jim Crow-era America. Horror-level stakes (fate of the universe, and so on) mixed with the real-life stakes of racist institutions and police. Cutting commentary. Also, good fantasy. Enjoyed it.

#fantasy #bulletpointreviews

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