I wonder what would have happened to him.Īll in all, a good read. well, I can see why the author would leave it open-ended, but I wanted to see Nick go down the hole. Maybe that's a fucked up thing to want, but it would have been more satisfying, to have her be blown up because the Funhole didn't want her, the ultimate fuck you.Īnd as for the very end. But I wanted to see her jump in and get blown to bits, like the mouse. True, Nakota was killed, and was prevented from entering the Funhole, which is what she wanted most of all, so in a sense she got what she deserved. I think this is one reason that I found the ending to be disappointing. The rest were annoying, and I grew to really dislike Nakota. The only ones I came close to liking were Nicholas, Randy, and Vanese.

I don't mind a large cast of characters, but an interesting thing about this novel is how friggin' bleak it is, and how unlikable the characters are. The book dragged a bit in the middle, with the extra characters and whatnot. But after a couple of days I picked it back up, because I just had to know what was going on with that hole, for better or worse. I'm an avid horror lit reader, but gross-out horror isn't really my cup of tea, and that sex scene with the dead mouse head on Nakota's nipple. This whole post is filled with spoilers, so much so that it's rather pointless to hide them under the spoiler tags.įirst of all, I almost didn't read past the first few pages.

The Cipher by Kathe Koja