The Sea Came in at Midnight by Steve Erickson
My rating: 5/5 cats
this review is for all of the people “following my reviews.” i don’t know who you are. you don’t message me or comment on my reviews or vote for them. i don’t know what you are getting out of this relationship. the only thing i can think of is that you are waiting for me to make the first move and review something just for you. so here it is: read this book. this is one of the best books i have ever read, and it is out of print, (although its sequel is still in print—go figure) so you are going to have to work for it. and once you have it, you are going to have to work a little bit more to get everything out of it you possibly can. even though i am going through a phase with the teen and baby books, this is where my heart is. it’s not a long book, but it is a deceptively intricate and layered book, which will unfold like one of those vagina dentatas and snap you up. it does for me what i thought house of leaves was going to do for me, until that ended up being ultimately unsatisfying like a nicely-wrapped empty box. this book is the real deal. i can’t give up plotpoints, because the real shivery cerebral excitement comes from slowly understanding its echoes and the seams. now stop following me and go read it.
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