#evan pact

[benrobertson2004]

Blake as evens cool uncle is the best part of pact

[movedtophthalos-blues]

An ideal world

[benssecondatyempt]

Final-ish review of pact until I read it again 3-5 years from now for pale

I like the setting it felt lived in once the writing found its feet Jacob’s bell is a town you could drive through and not think Much of and it’s a fun setting

I like the cast especially in the back half

Blake, even, green eyes and Mags were personal favourites

The story and how it ended up was good

Arcs 3, 8 and 9 are the standouts

The whole second half flows really well

Rose is good when she is onscreen but left the plot a little too often for me

It took to long to fully humanise the families over all

I want more stories about the abyss

Padrick was probably the best antagonist of the book if you don’t count the abyss as a character

The Toronto arcs dragged on and made for like half the time it took me to read this thing

The major threats like Faysal or the lawyers or conquest were less interesting than the human or less Eldridge antagonists like the Duchamp marriages or Paul and lairds police brutality

The barber is the exception to that great monster

The work was best when it was focused on its casts trauma the generational divides and how the system can go against people and push them down using magic as metaphor and Allegory while showing the real thing so it avoids the x-men problem

The esoteric stuff is sometimes a bit much for me to rap my head around

Like half of Evan’s scenes made me cry

Now take my engagement bait poll

Who would you rather have for a roommate

Blake

Rose

Voting ended onAug 13, 2025

[estavionpira]

Worm is Orwellian because Taylor's power turns her into a panopticon, everyone within having their every move scrutinised by someone with all the power, but who needs to be constantly vigilant.

Pact is Orwellian because Evan is a bird! Like. An animal. Like in Animal Farm!

[movedtophthalos-blues]

The truth

[movedtophthalos-blues]

wip??? 👀

[benssecondatyempt]

Glass houses wildbow I’m just saying you’ve written that before