The Plant (Installment Two) (1982)

Before reading: I'm excited to see what happens next and am glad I'm able to do it in the same day that I read installment one! I'm curious to see if we'll finally get to read about the plant, considering it is the title of the story. I am also bummed that I'll have to wait a while before reading the rest of the installments. Well, without further ado...

After reading: It is taking everything in me not to just read this whole thing. It is crazy and I'm here for it. I really appreciated that this one began with some background information. Most of which you are able to infer but it was nice to have a clear backstory to understand more of where the characters are coming from. This is great so far and I'm quite confused as to why it remains unfinished. I literally, out loud, went "oooooo!" when I read Carlos' letter to John. This is a lot of fun and so far a really good read. Installment two was a little bit more boring than installment one was, but at the same time it really seems to be setting things up and I feel like it is going to be a wild ride from here on out.

We don't get to actually meet the plant yet but it is coming. It has been mentioned and I'm very interested to see how it is going to play out considering the fact that they know it's coming and plan on throwing it away. What's gonna happen?! Also, the way this one ended for lack of a better term gave me the heebie-jeebies. Carlos is cray cray and I'm obsessed. I hope this story just gets weirder and weirder.

Well, that was the last short story for a minute as our next read is a novel. However, after the novel we have a few more short stories and get to finish out The Plant hopefully sooner than later! What is the next novel, you ask? Why it is none other than Pet Sematary.

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