You might find it dreary and pessimistic. I will say this, if you don’t like to think about human existence from the perspective of decay and nothingness, you may not find this ‘funny’ at all. He is genuinely funny in many parts, although I imagined him to be delivering the news with a deadpan expression akin to comedians conveying the contents of their black comedy special. Perhaps that’s my dark sense of humour and view of life, but the other half of that is Ligotti’s delivery of such a serious and affective topic. Much of this book made me laugh out loud with just how bleak and existential it was. It felt a bit like studying for an exam in a Philosophy class, and I loved it. I read it steadily, taking in each page carefully and with much scrutiny. I am not usually one to read non-fiction, but I am a big fan of Thomas Ligotti’s fiction so I felt I had to visit this book.
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