![]() To be fair, the gaslighting didn’t work on me as a reader: the attempt to mind trick me into thinking did he actually go crazy and this is genuinely his kid or is this all a ruse really didn’t hit. Even when things felt convenient plot wise, Burke gave us a self aware character who thinks that it’s just so funny that things are falling into place the way they are and we as the reader come to learn its all part of the plan.Īnd maybe I’m just a messed up person, but I found humor in how gaslit Phil was? He’s just an ordinary man who, with a decent job, a girlfriend he really likes, who doesn’t wants kids and he knows this kid ain’t his stop trying to tell him otherwise dammit. : Sour Candy (9781979533225) by Burke, Kealan Patrick and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great. The way things are fleshed out, nothing felt rushed or skimmed over. ![]() ![]() ![]() The strangeness of this novella builds throughout this short read and I don’t know if it’s because everything is so compacted into 84 pages, but it’s done really well. ![]()
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