Status Updates From The Hands of the Emperor (L...

my god this book is weird. kj charles is right, it really disintegrates in the back half. goddard is way too identified with her pov character and every single scene right now is about how modest and brilliant and morally superior he is, dressing down racist royalty and/or being underappreciated by his terrible family.

fun fact my entire personality is now this novel, why did i ever mistrust it? also manny jacinto would be perfect as cliopher, casting directors please like and subscribe for more life-saving advice

okay i had it backwards: kip is michael scott only he’s just proposed universal basic income, and his radiance is jim halpert. but it’s still the office.

also i decided his radiance is chadwick boseman

i’ve decided the imperial court is dunder-mifflin, his radiance is michael scott. and cliopher is jim. this is just an elaborate workplace comedy

I guess? I wish there were some diagnostic explanation for why I find western fantasy so uninteresting, when I am Supposed™ to love it. I can't even say "worldbuilding" without involuntary grimacing, so maybe this genre is just not for me. I'm happy for Cliopher and his Radiance! (who just had a massive strop about his circumscribed imperial life and Kip didn't get it, which seems like a missed opportunity to me idk)

Trying to read this for the second time. It's well written and interesting yet it's not fully capturing me. Maybe I'll try again another time and see if I get into it more

…yeah this is incredible

This is a chonky book! I am savoring it and reading a chapter or 2 a night. What a sweet, cozy read! Not much is happening and it's wonderful. Lol.

Restarting

Apparently I like a sub genre called mannerpunk

100% been dragging this out bc I don’t want it to end

rereading my fave book of all time to feel something again!!

This is going to take me a few years to finish, so far so good