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On 30/05/25 16:38, Robert Woodward wrote:
> I did not read _Someone You can Build a Nest in_ by John Wiswell, 
> because a description that I read of it convinced me that it was horror 
> and I try to avoid horror.

It was horror in that it was crude and violent but also incredibly
stupid. I posted my thoughts here earlier this year.
I don't like the creepy feeling I experience when reading clever horror
like Stephen King's but the main purpose of the horrific violence of
Wiswell is an attempt to shock the reader with gore so there was no
creepy feeling; just amazement that such crap was nominated.

Thank for the outlines. I think I will try the Bradley and the first
Tchaikovsky and read the Nicoll reviews after.