![]() ![]() I do think it brings a unique style of writing and perspective which I would love to see expanded into larger projects. The internet hype over this book is severely misplaced, this isn’t going to scratch your horror itch. We’re given nothing to go off of - did she kill herself? Did she die from some other cause? The build up to the ending is great, I thoroughly enjoyed the increasing desperation from Agnes with each email, but then the last few moments let it all fall apart. It isn’t consistent and doesn’t add anything. Overly dramatic communication to very typical online communication. The way they communicate feels forced too, one second they’re talking very properly to each other (over the early internet days), and the next it’s very casual. I’ve never built a friendship with someone on OfferUp with things I’ve sold and I’ve had more contact with those people than these two had before introducing the “contract”. Zoey and Agnes’ relationship was so… strange? The dates given in the email correspondence feels way too close to feel real, and there is never any mundane communication leading up to the “contract” to even sell the beginnings of a friendship. We’re not even shown properly why there is a police presence later on in the story as it ends so abruptly and with very little to go off of to speculate as to what happened. We’re constantly reminded of a police presence, but nothing comes of it. It's in reference to the fact that the tapeworm inside her is beginning to pass.As much as I enjoyed this, it feels like it’s lacking in almost all aspects. Title Drop: One occurs near the end, in an email from Agnes to Zoe.Time Skip: About a month and a half passes between parts 3 and 4, during which Agnes broke off all contact with Zoe after the latter convinced her to kill a salamander. ![]() One of Zoe's first commands for Agnes is to go out and buy a red dress and bright red lipstick to wear at work, supposedly as a symbol of Agnes recognizing her "true worth as a person". ![]()
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