bookfessional's review
2.0
Reviewed by: Rabid Reads
0.07 - The First Fall
2.5 stars
This one was too sad for me to like it all that much.
Sad and CREEPY, thanks to Fran determination to find and visit the carnival:
But just b/c I didn't like it doesn't mean you won't. Avoiding real life, heartbreaking things when reading is my prerogative. And anyway, as upsetting as the information is. It's kind of important. Just know going into it what you're in for. *wails*
0.07 - The First Fall
2.5 stars
This one was too sad for me to like it all that much.
Sad and CREEPY, thanks to Fran determination to find and visit the carnival:
There is something eternal about the carnival, Jonathan reflected . . . When the last embers of the sun died, there would be a carnival still glowing bright in the ashes of the world, filled with people trying to get one more ride in before they went to their rewards.
The thought was comforting and terrifying all at once, because if the carnival was eternal, that made it a kind of parasite, a living thing with human bodies for cells. It was almost cryptid in its own right, a form of life so vast and slow that the mind could barely comprehend it, and so reduced it to a fun-fair dazzle of light and sound and harmless motion.
But all living things must eat, and if the carnival was a predator, on what flesh did it feed?
But just b/c I didn't like it doesn't mean you won't. Avoiding real life, heartbreaking things when reading is my prerogative. And anyway, as upsetting as the information is. It's kind of important. Just know going into it what you're in for. *wails*
urlphantomhive's review
4.0
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This was such a sad story! Even the mice could not lighten the mood as they grief for the God of Early Arrivals and Earlier Departures...
After the earlier foreshadowing the bad thing has come. We rejoin Jonathan and Fran as they are burying Daniel, their son. This short story is very different from the others (which are usually quite light and funny), it is not an easy read. But I thought it was a strong story and I would certainly not skip it.
This was such a sad story! Even the mice could not lighten the mood as they grief for the God of Early Arrivals and Earlier Departures...
After the earlier foreshadowing the bad thing has come. We rejoin Jonathan and Fran as they are burying Daniel, their son. This short story is very different from the others (which are usually quite light and funny), it is not an easy read. But I thought it was a strong story and I would certainly not skip it.
nerdywerewolf's review
4.0
"I don't want to go back to just being sad all the time. I don't think my heart can bear it."
I won't say what happens, because spoilers. I will say that this one's a sad one and that it also feels right. Like maybe we needed to remember just how dangerous this life Johnny and Fran have decided to take on really is.
I won't say what happens, because spoilers. I will say that this one's a sad one and that it also feels right. Like maybe we needed to remember just how dangerous this life Johnny and Fran have decided to take on really is.
jennybeastie's review
3.0
It may explain a lot about their descendants, but this pivotal moment is a heartbreaking one.
quirkycatsfatstacks's review
4.0
The First Fall, written by Seanan McGuire, is number 0.07 in the InCryptid series. We're still following Fran and Johnny Healy, whom I'll admit I've become very fond of. I know that's probably not the smartest decision on my part, given that their story is set in the past. But the heart wants what the heart wants.
It also makes this story all the more painful. This is not an easy read, nor is it a light one. In fact, I'll be straight with you here - this short story had me crying. It's borderline too much at times, so readers should consider themselves warned.
This is the story of how Fran and Johnny Healy had to bury their baby boy – who was only a few years old at the time. It will gut readers, though I'm sure our pain would only pale in comparison to what the parents would be feeling, were they not creatures of fiction.
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It also makes this story all the more painful. This is not an easy read, nor is it a light one. In fact, I'll be straight with you here - this short story had me crying. It's borderline too much at times, so readers should consider themselves warned.
This is the story of how Fran and Johnny Healy had to bury their baby boy – who was only a few years old at the time. It will gut readers, though I'm sure our pain would only pale in comparison to what the parents would be feeling, were they not creatures of fiction.
Read more reviews over at Quirky Cat's Fat Stacks
booksthatburn's review
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Moderate: Child death and Death
Minor: Gun violence
lpcoolgirl's review
5.0
This was a pretty sad short story, I knew it was going to happen, but yeah, it was hard to read!