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The first half or so of this book was 5 stars, I loved it. But the twists and betrayals were too much for me, it was very painful to read of Margaret's misery and poverty. I think I am just too soft to deal with this kind of heightened drama and tens
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"It's hard not to feel the arbitrariness of a story that is just one seventh of a massive character study. The plot is very basic, and the characters not very interesting. And as Nicholas Kotar said, the romance is forced and awkward. The way Hadrian talks about Valka in hindsight (as some kind of winsome, gentle maiden) bears no relationship to the way she is depicted (as coarse and insensitive). It's jarring." — Feb 02, 2025 06:50AM
"It's hard not to feel the arbitrariness of a story that is just one seventh of a massive character study. The plot is very basic, and the characters not very interesting. And as Nicholas Kotar said, the romance is forced and awkward. The way Hadrian talks about Valka in hindsight (as some kind of winsome, gentle maiden) bears no relationship to the way she is depicted (as coarse and insensitive). It's jarring." — Feb 02, 2025 06:50AM
“everywhere the light through the great leaves is blown
on your substantial flesh, and everywhere your glory frames.”
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on your substantial flesh, and everywhere your glory frames.”
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“There is only one truth, but it is alive and therefore has a vividly changing face.”
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“There is a difference in the growth of some human beings and that of others: in the one case it is a continuous dying, in the other a continuous resurrection.”
― The Princess and Curdie
― The Princess and Curdie
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