Status Updates From Traitors' Nest

A note to publishing PR departments everywhere: just having a 'moving castle' element does not liken a book to Howl's. JFC, Howl's is a lighthearted comedy of errors not a bleak rumination on the horrors of the class system.

i guess i shouldn't be surprised by how dark this is, that's hardly new for hardinge. i'm a little unsatisfied with how detached from the characters i feel though. maybe it's me, but some of it is probably the chunks of narrative that aren't focused on burr, and the narrative style. hopefully it's just taking me some time and i'll be more engaged as it goes on

well that was dark