Status Updates From Inkpot Gods: Alchemical Jou...

I’m so excited to read this that I actually don’t want to read it. It’s starting out so well

marking this page as an example of the quintessential way seanan mcguires characters explain things. I am so stressed out at this scene btw.

the pacing in this is so odd....nothing feels bloated but I'm at page 368 out of 448 and very little has happened outside of asphodel's timeline ..... in fact much of this present timeline has been catching lilianne up on the situation and thus reminding the reader what the previous books were about. but the writing is sufficiently enjoyable that it doesn't come off as slow or boring? i don't know .....

getting doctor who wild blue yonder flashbacks rn ........

idk. im interested in closing out the series of course but I feel like middlegame was so perfect and none of these sequels have quite hit its level.....none of them are BAD but none of them really elevated it either. after I finish this I might pretend it's a standalone forever