These Lifeless Things [book, audiobook]

 These Lifeless Things [book, audiobook]

THIS IS A GOOD BOOK. IT'S A HIGH CONCEPT INTERDIMENSIONAL ALIEN INVASION SCI-FI, BUT SET IN A SMALL UKRANIAN CITY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND KIEV . THERE IS A FEW POINTS THEY HAVE TO FIGHT A SCARY SPACE MONSTER ALIEN BUT IT'S LARGELY JUST A SAD BEATEN DOWN SEIGE. WHICH JUST ISN'T A THING YOU SEE IN FICTION MUCH. 

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE ENDING, OOF. I HATE IT SO MUCH. THE WHOLE BOOK SET IT UP SO MUCH, IT ABSOLUTELY COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ANY OTHER ENDING SO IT'S A GOOD ENDING, BUT IT MADE ME SO MAD. 

PS. I HAVE NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT, BUT I BET THAT THE GRANDMA STEREOTYPES EXPRESSED HERE ARE PROBABLY PRETTY TRUE EASTERN EUROPEAN GRANDMA STEREOTYPES. I WILL SAY THE ONE PART I DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT THE ENDING IS IT CUT OFF SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT THE OTHER THEME THIS HAD SO HEAVILY, THAT BAD THINGS CHANGE YOU FOREVER AND IT PASSES DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS. 

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