Status Updates From Ostatni bastion Barta Dawesa

Read all of Part One today. Honestly *way* better than I was expecting based both on reputation and on my own bouncing off within the first couple "chapters" the first time.

Shockingly emotionally resonant and compelling overall. Excited to read Part Two tomorrow!

Technically started this morning - only read the couple-page prologue. Hope to get through this in just a handful of days as King typically reads quick.

That said. I remember starting this back in 2020 and, uh, not being into it so we’ll see what happens!

Now she had become part of that other world and would be rearranged by other humans. Her cart was half-filled with provisions for a week's living, and the sight of the cans and boxes and wrapped meats filled him with a sharp agonized, terror. Looking into the dead woman's cart, he wondered what they would do with the groceries. -- S.K.