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''Harsh Generation'', often stylized in all lowercase letters ("''harsh generation''") is the debut novel of Damien Blake, published through E. Whipple Publishing House and Amazon in 2021. It is an unnerving glimpse into teen life in the early stage of TheNewTens, particularly within alternative subcultures.
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''Harsh Generation'', often stylized in all lowercase letters ("''harsh generation''") is the debut novel of Damien Blake, published through E. Whipple Publishing House and Amazon in 2021. It is an unnerving glimpse into teen life in the early stage of TheNewTens, particularly within alternative subcultures.
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* AdultFear: Your child being addicted to drugs, contracting an STD, or being groomed by a predator, and you being none the wiser.
* BeautyIsBad: [[spoiler: Lilly.]]
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* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: A person can go through extreme, traumatic events, without learning any moral lessons in the process, or improving themselves in any way.
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* HardTruthAesop: A person can go through extreme, traumatic events, without learning any moral lessons in the process, or improving themselves in any way.
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* ButtMonkey: Markus is treated like shit by everyone around him, primarily his "friends." In contrast to everyone around him, he is depicted as somewhat naive, but still comes off as a pretty horrible person. [[spoiler: He pretty much disappears from the story following his break-up with Catherine.]]
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* ButtMonkey: Markus is treated like shit by everyone around him, primarily his "friends." In contrast to everyone around him, other characters, he is depicted as somewhat naive, but still comes off as a pretty horrible person. [[spoiler: He pretty much disappears from the story following his break-up with Catherine.]]
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* NoNameGiven: We never find out the protagonist's name. A common theme is that he is interrupted everytime he attempts to introduce himself.
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* NoNameGiven: We never find out the protagonist's name. A common theme is that [[RunningGag he is interrupted everytime he attempts to introduce himself.]]
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''Harsh Generation'', often stylized in all lowercase letters ("''harsh generation''") is the debut novel of Damien Blake, published through E. Whipple Publishing House and Amazon in 2021. It is a haunting an unnerving glimpse into teen life in the early stage of TheNewTens, particularly within alternative subcultures.
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''Harsh Generation'', often stylized in all lowercase letters ("harsh generation") is the debut novel of Damien Blake, published through E. Whipple Publishing House and Amazon in 2021.
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''Harsh Generation'', often stylized in all lowercase letters ("harsh generation") ("''harsh generation''") is the debut novel of Damien Blake, published through E. Whipple Publishing House and Amazon in 2021.
2021. It is a haunting glimpse into teen life in the early stage of TheNewTens, particularly within alternative subcultures.
* ButtMonkey: Markus is treated like shit by everyone around him, primarily his "friends." In contrast to everyone around him, he is depicted as somewhat naive, but still comes off as a pretty horrible person. [[spoiler: He pretty much disappears from the story following his break-up with Catherine.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The narrator has a mental breakdown lasting months, engaging in extremely self-destructive behaviour and driving away most of his peers, who are as vapid and depraved as he is. Hope is all but stated to be a figment of his imagination, although this is left up to the reader. Worse still, the structure of the novel implies the story will just be repeated...]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The narrator has a mental breakdown lasting months, engaging in extremely self-destructive behaviour and driving away most of his peers, who are as vapid and depraved miserable as he is. Hope is all but stated to be a figment of his imagination, although this is left up to the reader. Worse still, the structure of the novel implies the story will just be repeated...]]]]
* DysfunctionalFamily: All of them.
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: A person can go through extreme, traumatic events, without learning any moral lessons in the process, or improving themselves in any way.
* DysfunctionalFamily: All of them.
* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: A person can go through extreme, traumatic events, without learning any moral lessons in the process, or improving themselves in any way.
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: The point of the story, really.
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Firmly lodged in the far end of the cynical side, with no looking back.
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* ShoutOut: See SmallReferencePools. The novel's title is a tribute to an album by industrial act Grendel. There are entire pages that consist of nothing more than lists of whatever latest entertainment the characters have consumed. While these are explicit references, there are numerous subtler ones, particularly to works of literature.
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* ShoutOut: See SmallReferencePools. The novel's title is a tribute to an album by industrial act Grendel. [[spoiler: This is confirmed by the narrator himself, when he begins working on the novel-within-the-novel, which bears the same title.]] There are entire pages that consist of nothing more than lists of whatever latest entertainment the characters have consumed. While these are explicit references, there are numerous subtler ones, particularly to works of literature.
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[[caption-width-right:350:First edition cover, clearly taking cues from Music/NineInchNails' Music/TheDownwardSpiral]]
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Music/TheDownwardSpiral.]]
The novel is notable primarily for the relentless pessimism with which it treats its sensitive subject matter, and for the haunting apathy the characters exhibit in response to the traumatic events they witness.
* AdultFear: Your child being addicted to drugs, contracting an STD, or being groomed by a predator, and you being none the wiser.
* BeautyIsBad: [[spoiler: Lilly.]]
* BeautyIsBad: [[spoiler: Lilly.]]
* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: The novel ends midsentence, and none of the various subplots have been resolved.]]
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* MindScrew: The narrative gradually turns disorganised, blending hallucinations with real-life events. The characters occasionally offer odd comments about being fictional entities. The last third of the book is mostly incoherent vignettes.
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* AdultsAreUseless: There's not a single responsible adult around. Every named character is a minor left to their own devices unsupervised.
* BookEnds: [[spoiler: The novel's last sentence is the initial part of the opening one, signifying the characters are trapped in a perpetual cycle of abuse.]]
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* AdultsAreUseless: There's not a single responsible adult around. Every named character is a minor left unsupervised to their own devices unsupervised.
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* BookEnds: [[spoiler: The novel's last sentence is the initial part of the opening one, which starts with its latter part, signifying the characters are trapped in a perpetual cycle of abuse.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: The hero narrator has lost a mental breakdown lasting months, engaging in extremely self-destructive behaviour and driving away most of his mind, peers, who are as vapid and it's implied that depraved as he is. Hope was just is all but stated to be a figment of his imagination.imagination, although this is left up to the reader. Worse still, the structure of the novel implies the story will just be repeated...]]
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* MetaFiction: Midway through the novel, the protagonist begins writing an autobiographical novel, curiously also titled Harsh Generation. [[spoiler: He absentmindedly mentions that he probably won't come around to finishing it, hinting at the recursive nature of the narrative.]]
* MindScrew: The narrative gradually turns disorganised, blending hallucinations with real-life events. The characters occasionally offer odd comments about being fictional entities.
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* MetaFiction: Midway through the novel, the protagonist begins writing an autobiographical novel, curiously also titled Harsh Generation. ''Harsh Generation''. [[spoiler: He absentmindedly mentions in passing that he probably won't come around to finishing it, hinting at the recursive nature of the narrative.]]
* MindScrew: The narrative gradually turns disorganised, blending hallucinations with real-life events. The characters occasionally offer odd comments about being fictional entities. The last third of the book is mostly incoherent vignettes.
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* CostumePorn: The clothing descriptions and fashion aesthetic are worthy of AmericanPsycho and MyImmortal respectively.
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Nero. [[spoiler: He is an elusive figure that only appears twice through the novel's 400-page run, and both times he manages to be as unsettling as possible. One interpretation is that he is the physical embodiment of evil.]]
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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Nero. [[spoiler: He is an elusive figure that only appears twice through throughout the novel's 400-page run, and both times he manages to be as unsettling as possible. One interpretation is that he is the physical embodiment of evil.]]
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* ShoutOut: See SmallReferencePools. The novel's title is a tribute to an album by industrial act Grendel. There are entire pages that consist of nothing more than lists of whatever latest entertainment the characters have consumed. While these are explicit references, there are numerous subtler ones, particularly to great works of literature.
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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Firmly lodged in the far end of the cynical sight, with no looking back.
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Harsh Generation, often stylized in all lowercase letters ("harsh generation") is the debut novel of Damien Blake, published through E. Whipple Publishing House and Amazon in 2021 in paperback format.
Harsh Generation, often stylized in all lowercase letters ("harsh generation") is the debut novel of Damien Blake, published through E. Whipple Publishing House and Amazon in 2021 in paperback format.
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Music/NineInchNails' Music/TheDownwardSpiral]]
Harsh Generation, often stylized in all lowercase letters ("harsh generation") is the debut novel of Damien Blake, published through E. Whipple Publishing House and Amazon in2021 in paperback format.
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Harsh Generation, often stylized in all lowercase letters ("harsh generation") is the debut novel of Damien Blake, published through E. Whipple Publishing House and Amazon in
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* Metafiction: MetaFiction: Midway through the novel, the protagonist begins writing an autobiographical novel, curiously also titled Harsh Generation. [[spoiler: He absentmindedly mentions that he probably won't come around to finishing it, hinting at the recursive nature of the narrative.]]
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* UnconventionalFormatting: The book features crossed-out sections, idiosyncrating punctuation, and sentences that stop abruptly.
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-->"[[spoiler: Maybe this world is a mirror. And we are you.]]" \\
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* HateSink: Nathan seems to get a lot of hate for being perverted, crass, pretentious, and dumb as a bag of bricks.
* Metafiction: Midway through the novel, the protagonist begins writing an autobiographical novel, curiously also titled Harsh Generation. [[spoiler: He absentmindedly mentions that he probably won't come around to finishing it, hinting at the recursive nature of the narrative.]]
* MindScrew: The narrative gradually turns disorganised, blending hallucinations with real-life events. The characters occasionally offer odd comments about being fictional entities.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Nero. [[spoiler: He is an elusive figure that only appears twice through the novel's 400-page run, and both times he manages to be as unsettling as possible. One interpretation is that he is the physical embodiment of evil.]]
* MindScrew: The narrative gradually turns disorganised, blending hallucinations with real-life events. The characters occasionally offer odd comments about being fictional entities.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Nero. [[spoiler: He is an elusive figure that only appears twice through the novel's 400-page run, and both times he manages to be as unsettling as possible. One interpretation is that he is the physical embodiment of evil.]]
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* Postmodernism: Unreliable antihero? Check. Conflicting, dreamlike narrative? Check. The protagonist casually penning his memoir, which has the same title as the novel itself, crossed-out passages, and the story being a constant cycle? Check, check, check.
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* Postmodernism: PostModernism: Unreliable antihero? Check. Conflicting, dreamlike narrative? Check. The protagonist casually penning his memoir, which has the same title as the novel itself, crossed-out passages, and the story being a constant cycle? Check, check, check.
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* SmallReferencePool: Averted. The novel includes a hurricane of references to music acts, films, video games, and fashion brands, all ranging from the relatively mainstream to the obscure.
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Harsh Generation, often stylized in all lowerace letters ("harsh generation") is the debut novel of Damien Blake, published through E. Whipple Publishing House and Amazon in 2021 in paperback format.
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* BreakTheHaughty: The protagonist starts off as arrogant, but by the end of the novel he is a shell of a person.
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* AdultsAreUseless: There's not a single responsible adult around. Every named character is a minor left to their own devices unsupervised.
* BookEnds: [[spoiler: The novel's last sentence is the initial part of the opening one, signifying the characters are trapped in a perpetual cycle of abuse.]]
* BreakTheHaughty: The protagonist starts off as arrogant, but by the end of the novel heis has been reduced to a shell of a person.person.
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* BlackComedy: As pitch-black as it gets.
* BookEnds: [[spoiler: The novel's last sentence is the initial part of the opening one, signifying the characters are trapped in a perpetual cycle of abuse.]]
* BreakTheHaughty: The protagonist starts off as arrogant, but by the end of the novel he
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* ClusterFBomb: Everyone peppers their dialogue with extreme crassness to appear edgier.
* CostumePorn: The clothing descriptions and fashion aesthetic are worthy of AmericanPsycho and MyImmortal respectively.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: The three main girlfriends (Jane, Sonia, Hope) are all heavily implied to have one.
* FanDisservice: The sexual exploits of the protagonist are described in extreme detail, but they are too sad, creepy, or non-consensual (or all of the above) to provide genuine FanService.
* CostumePorn: The clothing descriptions and fashion aesthetic are worthy of AmericanPsycho and MyImmortal respectively.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: The three main girlfriends (Jane, Sonia, Hope) are all heavily implied to have one.
* FanDisservice: The sexual exploits of the protagonist are described in extreme detail, but they are too sad, creepy, or non-consensual (or all of the above) to provide genuine FanService.
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* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: At pivotal points, the narrator will address the reader directly.
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!! Tropes featured in Harsh Generation
* BreakTheHaughty: The protagonist starts off as arrogant, but by the end of the novel he is a shell of a person.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Deconstructed viciously. Hope is initially presented as this archetype, but as the story goes on she becomes more unhinged.
* NoNameGiven: We never find out the protagonist's name. A common theme is that he is interrupted everytime he attempts to introduce himself.
* SeinfeldianConversation: The cast spends around one-third of the novel discussing inane topics ad nauseam, such as hang-out spots and teenage drama.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Firmly lodged in the far end of the cynical sight, with no looking back.
* UnreliableNarrator: Most certainly. There are entire chapters that are implied to be nothing more than drug-induced hallucinations.
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!! Tropes featured in Harsh Generation
* BreakTheHaughty: The protagonist starts off as arrogant, but by the end of the novel he is a shell of a person.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Deconstructed viciously. Hope is initially presented as this archetype, but as the story goes on she becomes more unhinged.
* NoNameGiven: We never find out the protagonist's name. A common theme is that he is interrupted everytime he attempts to introduce himself.
* SeinfeldianConversation: The cast spends around one-third of the novel discussing inane topics ad nauseam, such as hang-out spots and teenage drama.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Firmly lodged in the far end of the cynical sight, with no looking back.
* UnreliableNarrator: Most certainly. There are entire chapters that are implied to be nothing more than drug-induced hallucinations.
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Harsh Generation, often stylized in all lowerace letters ("harsh generation") is the debut novel of Damien Blake, published through E. Whipple Publishing House and Amazon in 2021 in paperback format.
Largely plotless, the narrative is told entirely through stream-of-consciousness style, and follows the life of a nameless protagonist, roughly corresponding to the span of a year. Initially, the chapters are dedicated to the night-time debauchery of the teen protagonist and his circle of friends, alongside his girlfriend Jane, who suffers from an unspecified mental illness. The story grows increasingly darker and more bizarre, with the characters degenerating into abject nihilism, self-abuse, and drug addiction.
The novel was released exclusively through Amazon Kindle on May 2021.
Largely plotless, the narrative is told entirely through stream-of-consciousness style, and follows the life of a nameless protagonist, roughly corresponding to the span of a year. Initially, the chapters are dedicated to the night-time debauchery of the teen protagonist and his circle of friends, alongside his girlfriend Jane, who suffers from an unspecified mental illness. The story grows increasingly darker and more bizarre, with the characters degenerating into abject nihilism, self-abuse, and drug addiction.
The novel was released exclusively through Amazon Kindle on May 2021.
