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Ha did you love it? Parts were brilliant but it was utter chaos too. Too many side characters, the story jumped so much, was hard to keep up. Bitter F
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"This is my third, and probably last, novel by Kitamura. Having read two of her previous works—one I liked, the other not—I can see that she prioritizes style over substance. Sometimes this works for me, especially when the style enhances the tensions"
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"Overall (for both this book and the entire Book of Dust Trilogy): some fun beats and good ideas, carried by Pullman's lovely prose, but there are too many loose threads at the end and an incomplete realization of the philosophical core. Perhaps simpl"
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“The mausoleum of the unworthy. At the
end of the day, aren’t they all? Through the history of time, murderers, rapists, thieves, and
crooks all given a legacy they never deserved.”
― And So I Took Their Eye
end of the day, aren’t they all? Through the history of time, murderers, rapists, thieves, and
crooks all given a legacy they never deserved.”
― And So I Took Their Eye
“An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.”
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“[...]the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
― On the Road
― On the Road
