Status Updates From Chain Lightning

Shock! I am shocked a human being would say those words at that time! And then rage! 😤

"...he felt passion's white-hot claws raking his loins into readiness, torrents of blood pouring through him" (183) gotta be honest, claws raking one's loin is not the first metaphor that comes to mind when thinking about getting hard, but that's just me

"The castle resembled an explosion in a pasta factory more than a stately building, but the children insisted that all things built on a beach were castles, and this mess was no exception." (117)

"'What I don't know won't hurt me, right?'
'Wrong, thought Mandy. Ignorance can kill. But she hadn't known that at his age, so she could hardly blame him now." (12) what. What is this nonsense foreshadowing that never really plays out? (Spoiler alert)

"D.M. Sutter was very impressive indeed, whether it was as a land reclamation specialist, as a futurist or simply as a man." (10) in what way is he a futurist?? Other than that he works for a charity whose goal is to save the earth for posterity I guess