When I say that Gus is very convincing as a very specific kind of horribly abusive man, I mean it! And you're stuck with him for 400+ pages as he murders and torments, all the while justifying it and pitying himself as the ultimate victim. If you knew a guy like this, you might find this a hard read.
The strangulation of Catherine is mercifully quick, but he also murders many copies, who in turn murder their own girls-they-see-as-Catherine-copies, and tortuously atomizes a random man to provide flesh for those copies. One of those copies also rips the limbs off of an anthill of tiny people. Gus-prime also abuses his great-aunt. There are major themes of corruption and complicity as people adapt to Gus's cruelty and work around him, rather than stopping him. This is a horror novel and bad things happen to people in it! (including Gus, who is eventually ripped apart by the ghosts of the girls he's slaughtered.)
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Date: 2024-02-28 04:14 pm (UTC)The strangulation of Catherine is mercifully quick, but he also murders many copies, who in turn murder their own girls-they-see-as-Catherine-copies, and tortuously atomizes a random man to provide flesh for those copies. One of those copies also rips the limbs off of an anthill of tiny people. Gus-prime also abuses his great-aunt. There are major themes of corruption and complicity as people adapt to Gus's cruelty and work around him, rather than stopping him. This is a horror novel and bad things happen to people in it! (including Gus, who is eventually ripped apart by the ghosts of the girls he's slaughtered.)