 Hi, I'm Magnus. And I'm Leo. And welcome back to Two Nerds Talking. Happy Halloween. Happy Halloween. We're in our Halloween costume for Film Very Festive. And today we're talking about a very fitting book. My Heart is a Chainsaw. Which follows Jade, a girl who is a total slasher fanatic through discovering a slasher unfolding in her own town. It also has so many other themes and real stories going on. It's so packed full of stuff. That book is short, but there's so much in it. Yeah, you have to do so much homework just to really grasp it. Because of all the references to not only 80s slashers, which I found kind of refreshing how it branched off from that and mentioned things like Geolos, J-hor, 90s slashers even. I feel like they don't give enough credit. I thought that was very refreshing to see it something about horror. Usually it's just people being obsessed with 80s nostalgia and nothing else. Yeah, exactly. Did you have a favorite part of the book? Favorite part of the book? That's hard. Probably the finale. I can't say much about it. We're trying to do no spoilers this time, by the way. No spoilers? We're doing no spoilers so you guys can enjoy our video. But the finale is insane. It's crazy. You got to get there. You get to it and you just burn through it. And that's the other thing that I loved about this book was the style of it. Because it's written in the third person, but it almost feels like a first person story from Jade's perspective because of all the pop culture and how energetically written it is. And yeah, it's delightful. It even stutters at some point. It does. But writing actually stutters. It's amazing. Yeah, it's so energetic and it really grabs all of you. And also, feel free to read this book even if you aren't into horror stuff because throughout the book there are essays written by the main character about horror movies so you don't feel left behind. And I thought that was a really effective way of adding information. What was your favorite part of the book? I think my favorite part was this section of the book where she's sitting in the police station and she's doing a bunch of weird secretary work type stuff and she's stamping letters and sealing them and I just feel like that part was so well written and it was just so perfect, the way that they described her just slowly going more and more insane from the monotony of what she's doing because there's a slasher happening around her, but she's in this little police station. I also really enjoyed how it wasn't just a book about horror movies. It also had a lot of really deep, meaningful themes throughout it like themes of racism and colonization and classism. I thought it was a very skillful way that it handled those themes while not being overwhelming and still having a fun, energetic and interesting novel. It's not just commentary. I also like how Jade is total slasher-free, but she also just likes movies in general and there's so many references to just movies and things and pieces of media. There's one part where she uses Jesse Pinkmaning as like a... Like in that first episode of Breaking Bad where he's like running across the roof. She says Jesse Pinkmaning as like a bird. It's hilarious. That's crazy. It's amazing. That's the other thing. It's also really funny. It is really funny. Also being like a horror book and a book with a lot of commentary. It's so full of stuff and it still manages to make me giggle. It strikes that perfect balance. Kind of horrifying and like... It is so perfect. Did you have a favorite movie mentioned? Oh, there's five. There's something good underrated flicks mentioned. Probably just because it's inclusion was so weird, but just before Don came up so much in that. I don't want you to mention so many times. It's so weird. Like what? And she like... Jade like references it while she's doing stuff. Like stuff reminds her of just before Don. And I'm like, wow, that's such a weird movie. I wouldn't be... It's a good... It's a good slasher. It's just so weird. I think my favorite mention was definitely A Bay of Blood because it's such a proto slasher. It's a giallo which if you don't know that's like Italian like super hand up mystery. Italian horror movies. So it's any like Italian horror movie where the killer is black gloves. Yeah, if it's Italian and the blood looks like red paint, it's probably a giallo. But I love giallos. They're probably my favorite aspect of slasher. And they did come before. I feel like they don't get a lot of credit, but the fact that she mentioned A Bay of Blood like several times throughout was just so great. I love that movie and I love giallos. It was just so comforting to see love for a movie that I also love. One thing about those that the main character is a teenage girl, but it is written by a guy and that does kind of show sometimes. Oh yeah. It does totally show sometimes that it's not written by a teenager. Yeah, and some of her angsty teenage girl lines are definitely... I don't know if it's just the fact that they're a little dated already or that he's just trying to be a teenage girl. I feel like sometimes it was a little clunky, but still a great book. That's not a reason to not read it. It's only a few instances, but definitely that did kind of show through. And I feel like more books that are written about teenage girls should get the perspective of women. Kind of like in Cary, if you haven't seen our last video, watch it. It's about Cary, it's very good. That is such a common thing that adult men write these stories about teenage girls. And I feel like usually it's almost fetishy. It's just weird and it doesn't really work, but I feel like part of the reason Cary worked was because he got the perspective of his wife. Besides that, totally great book. And I feel like the queer undertones were definitely not fetishized at all. I feel like they were really well done with the way that Jade is written as being kind of queer and queer coded. It was almost reminiscent of how gay horror movies are and have been for like since the beginning of cinema even through the haze code. Like horror movies have always been a place for gay people. So I'm happy that our main character is kind of, you know, a little coded, a little queer coded. Haranlitha. It's like overtones. Oh yeah, that's like right in your face. Well, that's all for today. We're two nerds talking. We hope you have a great Halloween and we'll see you next month. See you next month.