The Works of Vermin

Pros

• I was not expecting to be so completely blown away by this book. Easily one of my favourites of the year, and I’m already looking forward to a reread.
• It was truly excellent. :) I'd added it somewhat impulsively to one of my infrequent book orders earlier that supposed to be just sequels, and I'm glad I did- I'd been feeling a bit slumpy for the past 2 weeks, but it busted me right out...
• What I liked about it is that it wasn't a sudden "gotcha!" It laid a hints throughout which made perfect sense in hindsight, and while the very end of Act II confirmed what was happening, a few things had made me suspect earlier.
• The Works of Vermin is one of the best books I read this year. The moment when everything clicks is such an amazing experience. It was such an absurd, psychedelic trip. I loved every page!
• I finished The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes last night... And I'm glad I did, because this was fantastic. Not just tickling my particular tastes, but "staying up 'til 4am to finish" good. It's among my top 5 books of the year now.

Cons

• There’s something deliberate about the way it’s intentionally overwritten—kind of like the prose is a metaphors for the impenetrability of the unknowable, labyrinthine setting. I like books that I can glide through, and read pretty fast....
• Parent context: I think it’s just my taste. The writing feels overwritten, and it’s clunky. The dialogue, though, is *very* YA sounding, and feels off sandwiched between the esoteric language in the prose. Reply: Clunky? Clunky? Are we r...
• The writing feels overwritten, and it’s clunky. The dialogue, though, is *very* YA sounding, and feels off sandwiched between the esoteric language in the prose.
• An artist living under a repressive regime, which was a good one to read after The Works of Vermin