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And characters keep saying Nora is this “I’m not like other girls” kinda girl but all I’m seeing is her fold at like. A look from a guy. Girl can you lock the fuck in and do the medicine? Also a bit of internalized misogyny on her half and I’m not sure if it was intentional or not

The characters also seem so inconsistent. Like on one page Gibson tells us (that’s another issue, SO MUCH telling instead of showing and just generally treating the reader like an idiot) that Croft is a selfless man lacking ego, and then the next page has Croft essentially bragging about how none of his apprentices are at all unqualified. Like bro which is it??

The romance is pissing me off. Like if someone set Grey’s Anatomy in the 1800s. They’re so petty and ridiculous about stuff, it INFURIATES ME. And I’m so annoyed by it I’m finding little mistakes that I’d otherwise ignore, like American spelling being used for words like colour and rumours and the word clout being used in a way that would not pop up for another 25 years. I’m so excited to be done

Still pissing me off. A couple misspellings of antiquated words (tetotaler instead of tetotaller, primagravida instead of primigravida) which makes the already grating rhythm painted over with fancy prose so much more amateur sounding. Also for a seemingly feminist book it has yet to pass the Bechdel test. I’m dreading the romance so bad. Characters feel very inconsistent