Gothic Violence (2021)

by Mike Ma

Harassment Architecture was raw and immature but I enjoyed reading it enough to buy this one immediately afterwards. There were hints in that previous book that Ma would be worth paying attention to as he refined his ideas and his delivery.

Instead of refinement, Gothic Violence brings calcification: his vain self-insert elbows out any other interesting elements that may have been present previously and masks over any scent trail of truth he may have been following.

Dropped halfway through, better luck next time!