Status Updates From The Once and Future King

Finished The Witch in the Wood - the ending strikes you cold, particularly after not just this book but the Sword in the Stone before it so entirely committed to that mellow, whimsical, somewhat academic and moralistic, entirely child-friendly approach. It'll be interesting to see how much the books change following Arthur coming of age and how much they remain similar.

I just realized math isn't my strong point and that 21% done was a lie because I don't think I am that far but I never remember page numbers either....

Also - I do think I may have left the confusing bits behind because last night's reading was more enjoyable and less of me going "what is going on who is he what is happening..."

Maybe I judged it too harshly earlier....but this book is wild y'all.

oh pellinore and grummore fucked there’s no way

unimaginable levels of silly going on rn i’m having so much fun

Determined but struggling is my mantra here y'all.

It was a difficult but gave me a lot of food for thought especially about whether an ideal society full of justice is possible in this world. And what are the limits of justice? It seems that a world with force is necessary to keep evil in check in this fallen world, and that is my conclusion from the final pages. Arthur's more subtle experiments with encouraging people to do good for it's own sake didnt succeed