It's infinitely creative in its writing style, I'll definitely give it that, but none of the characters are particularly likeable in my opinion except one or two and the story wasn't nearly as fulfilling as the book's hype would've lead me to believe when first going into it.

Read it once, was absolutely stunned speechless by how much I disliked it and figured I was the problem because the book is just so heavily praised, so I gave it half a year and read it again. I read the entire thing through twice and hated it. But it is all cryptic.īeen 20 years since I have read it and was in the forums so I might be exaggerating it all or maybe they found out all stuff was coincidence. All sorts of small stuff like this are in the book, and some were even considering that it was based on a real person with actual experiences like this. Some of the references use in the book are from the same college he attended or come from where he took the photo. For example, the photographer is based on Kevin Carter, the guy who killed himself after taking the pic of the dying African kid about to be eaten by a vulture. I think people that don’t read into the book or don’t want to (I can easily see why) don’t get nearly as much out of it than those that do.Ĭheck out the forums from like 2001 of people attempting to find the mean in the colors and structure of the book to really get into it.Įven the references used have meaning as well. Minotaur is red is because it is associated with anger, but also that zampano had eliminated it from his previous writings, so it may mean that it was added back in after the book was complete or meant to be removed later, but he never had the chance. Yea house is blue to represent the open space of it and how someone’s imagination might possibly Other Subreddits that might interest you: Horror Award Nominees & Winners, 1975-2013

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