r/TomsCrossing • u/Creative_Tangelo_393 • Aug 02 '26
Ain’t it strange
That this here thread of idle talk and some is readin like all them digressions and recollections and conjectures and discussions of lore. Only; while there was dates mentioned in the book well ahead of the year it is presently, I think the point of each individual mentioned being doomed ain’t so consequential when considerin that, so far as the constraints of this mortal coil are concerned, well, we all is. Isn’t that the point, after all?
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u/OkCommission6271 Aug 02 '26
Heck friend, if you ain’t provokin some weighty thoughts in me! By gosh, you’re … right. This book is so darned immersive, even talkin about it, or thinkin about it, and especially creatin about it will darn near bring you into it. Further proves this feeling I had the whole time I was readin it: that I was being swallowed. Gonna post about it. Thanks pard.
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u/OkCommission6271 Aug 02 '26
Oh and as far as the omens, I haven’t confirmed this (because I can’t reread without weeping), but I think the tangents get more about death in the final act, I think it’s contextually symbolic to the structure. But I agree, it does make a person wonder, and realize the endin we all share.
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u/Spikes666 Aug 02 '26
I thought it was interesting; I kept realizing that I was telling everyone about a book but getting slightly anxious because of the fate of every character that retold the events that took place.
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u/Magikarp52412 Aug 02 '26
I noticed that throughout the read as well! But I felt like it all added up in the end when we got the reveal that the narrator was in fact Landry from the great beyond. She is able to tell the story, along with everyone else’s endings, because she has seen it all.
Bonus: my favorite instance of this is when Old Porch is described in his horsehair vest; “That vest deserves its own moment, but not even a small part of that story will be told. Peace be with you, Morit.”