"𝕬𝖓𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗 𝖈𝖗𝖚𝖉𝖊 𝖙𝖔𝖔𝖑, 𝖎𝖓 𝖆 𝖑𝖔𝖓𝖌 𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖔𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖗𝖘, 𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖔 𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖕𝖚𝖑𝖆𝖙𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖍𝖚𝖒𝖆𝖓 𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖉. 𝕬𝖓𝖉 𝖆𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖒𝖕𝖙 𝖙𝖔 𝖒𝖆𝖐𝖊 𝖎𝖙 𝖘𝖆𝖓𝖊." - Brian Kirk 🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷 Brian Kirk's debut was supposed to be my first read for February's 👁Gothic Psyche👁 theme. Released in 2015, it was nominated for a Bram Stoker award and sounds like the contemporary exploration of the dark half of the human psyche that I was seeking. The blurb reads as follows: "WE ARE MONS+ERS The Apocalypse has come to the Sugar Hill mental asylum. He's the hospital's newest, and most notorious, patient—a paranoid schizophrenic who sees humanity's dark side. Luckily he's in good hands. Dr. Eli Alpert has a talent for healing tortured souls. And his protégé is working on a cure for schizophrenia, a drug that returns patients to their former selves. But unforeseen side effects are starting to emerge. Forcing prior traumas to the surface. Setting inner demons free. Monsters have been unleashed inside the Sugar Hill mental asylum. They don't have fangs or claws. They look just like you or me." I've barely made it a dent in it, but 'We Are Monsters' is rapidly feeling like a dnf (a novel I did-not-finish) in the making... I'm not enjoying Kirk's voice and am yet to develop any interest in the plot or characters. There's nothing wrong with it, no profound reasons, or moral ground, I just don't like it. Simple as... 🤔: Has anyone out there read this? Is it worth persevering with? . #gothicpsyche #wearemonsters #briankirk #briankirkauthor #bookstagram #dnf #gothic #generallygothic #horrornovel #modernhorror #horror #spookynerd #bookreview #bookworm #booknerd #bookish #books #bookcover #mentalhealth #schizophrenia #mentalasylum #psychologicalhorror #hospitalhorror #horrorfiction #bookquotes #monster https://www.instagram.com/p/B8IV7sngeNC/?igshid=qp82fsoc8bri