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hol discussion thread, general book/plot discourse

>> No.15602388

>>15602365
read this in grade 9, had a crush on the temp teacher and leant it to her but she gave it back to me after like a week. guess she wasn't into it

>> No.15602893

>>15602365
I'm very sorry for killing a thread with my bump, but what's so special about this book?

>> No.15603344

>>15602365
It was kinda fun I guess, Idk if it should be rlly considered horror cuz it just wasn't that scary overall but other than that can't say it was too memorable.

>> No.15603369
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>>15602893
It makes you turn the book like you're playing a game with motion controls.

>> No.15603379
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>>15602365
>Be like sixteen
>Meet a cute proto-arthoe
>She's always reading
>We get talking about books
>Says she likes horror
>House of Leaves is at peak /lit/ meme
>I lend her my copy
>She gives it back like three days later
>'I don't think it's really for me Anon, it's a bit hard to follow.'
>Okay
>Get talking about books again
>She mentions Chuck P.
>I told her to check out Guts if she wants a horror story written by Chuck P.
>She thanks me and leaves
>Later that night get lit up on MSN messenger about what a sick fuck I am, never talk to her again, all this shit
>Word travels around the school that I am into sick guro shit and that I am a psycho
>Further ostracised from peers
>Find out later that by 'likes Chuck P.' she meant 'has seen Fight Club'
>By 'always reading' she meant 'always reading YA urban fantasy trash'
>In that moment I knew I was a gay man

>> No.15603381

>>15603379
Turned gay by Chuck P.? That was probably his plan all along.