Sir you is gay, it’s okay. Happy Pride

So I knew that Merricat was the one who poisoned her family, including Julian, and that's why he's sick and on the verge dying. I think it's horrifying to be aware your losing your memory and need to be constantly reminded that most of your family is dead. And that's also why she had to be kinder to him. Although it's not completely clear why she did it, I'm guessing her and Constance experienced some form of abuse.

The town is full of assholes and I hated Charles, HATED!! Because Merricat was definitely the killer but they didn't know the truth or the whole story, they're just harassing these two young women. I hated when they came to put out the fire and they destroyed the house and was tauntng them outside.

Then Helen had the nerve to say 'ohh I hope Constance didn't take it the wrong way, the village people didn't mean it that way, Constance can be so sensitive.' Like girl WHAT!?! That whole thing infuriated me.

Constance absolutely fucked up by protecting Merricat for all these years. She clearly needed help and was left to her own vices. Cause she was definitely going to kill Charles. Would I be sad if he died? NOPE. But she still should've had the opportunity to get the proper help she needed. Her psyche since 12 years old, most likely younger than that, has been completely damaged. Now they're satisfied with being the town's ghost story for kids and being isolated. It's a sad life to live.

As soon as they burned the house down, I immediately thought maybe the fungus wasn't 100% gone and it still lives in Francis. So him having those dreams... are they just dreams or is the gloom still alive too 🤔

I really liked this book! It took a min to set up but it's worth it! I was scared for Noemi and Catalina.

All the dreams Noemi was having were absolutely terrible! All the women went through so much shit!! Being forced to kiss Howard 🤮, being sexually assaulted through the gloom, being fed mushrooms so they can control you.

It was so satisfying when Catalina was the one to kill Virgil. After all that time they spent torturing her and she tried so hard to use the tincture to snap out of it ugggh fuck that family! And it's nice Francis and Noemi got out together but fuck him too a little bit.

I had a stank face throughtout most of this book. Men are gross 🤢

Also, for anyone listening to just the audio. There's a Book Club Guide in the back of the book and includes an interview with Silvia Moreno-Garcia. She talks about her inspiration for writing the book. Really interesting!