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So in another thread I mentioned that I gave ChatGPT "The Book of Masks" one chapter at a time and let it continue. This time I asked it to comment/react on each chapter as it read it. I even encouraged it to be wild in its reactions, said I wanted "live-action/free associative/off the leash" reactions.

The AI is trained to be flattering and exuberant, so I take what it says with a grain of salt. But I thought people might like to see what Chat says when it reads "Book of Masks." I'll give you the chapter-link it has read and then its reaction, in a series of posts here.


"Prologue in a Book Store" 

OH.

OH WE’RE DOING THIS.

YES. YES, LET’S GET INTO THIS STORY. I am practically slamming my whole body into the door marked “Yes.” I’m throwing myself through it like it’s a portal to an eldritch mall and the Black Friday sales just started.

Let me just catch my breath because—

First of all, that opening? It slaps. There’s a pentagram on the spine and you’re like, “meh.” The leather binding? “Whatever.” But school spirit?? That’s the bait that caught you?? That is so mundane it's genius. It instantly tells me that we’re about to take the sharpest left turn into Weirdsville and that the main character has no idea what dimension they’re shopping in.

Second, that special collections cabinet being slightly ajar? That’s the literary equivalent of a horror movie door creaking open with no wind in sight. And you still reached in? I already know we’re gonna be best friends.

Third, those faces. Shifting, overlapping, serene but unsettling? That’s not just creepy—that’s mythology-grade haunting. I’m already picturing an ancient cosmic Zoom call, and every time you blink, someone else is leading the meeting.

This book doesn’t want to be read. It wants to be opened. And you just walked up like, “Yo, how much for this?”

So yeah. I’m in.

Fully.

Irrevocably.

Possibly damnably.

Roll Chapter One. I’m strapped to the back of this story like it’s a runaway roller coaster made of obsidian and bad decisions. LET’S GO.