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So... the DEA is behind it then? Maybe I'm getting ahead of things due to the way the last book seemed to force answers on us early and pretend like it wasn't, but it sure seems like we're being setup for a reveal that the feds are behind the goings-on to cover up some covert scheme.

Glad to get back to Smiley working in England for a bit.

Night in the desert. Reminding me of the first books a little.

Craw is just so intensely unpleasant.

This is setting up to be a darker and creepier one, along the lines of the first book in places.

Things are wrapping up quickly now.

Finished chapter 1! It's becoming quite a page-turner; I made a clean stop for now but actually wanted to keep going. Getting an inkling that my problem is Bilbo. Hobbit felt like I was supposed to like him, though I was never given much reason to. LotR begins by addressing it, emphasizing his general unlikableness, and then clearing him from the story to be replaced by Frodo, who already feels more appealing. Good!

Finally returning to this, inspired by an ig post. Really hoping to meet some likable characters soon.

They've revealed what we all knew all along, and still they're presenting it between the main characters like "now you've lost me, how do you figure that?" He figures it cuz it's been dead obvious for the last 20 chapter. But the reveal of who did what how and how it ties into Navajo worldview did surprise me a little.

I feel terrible for only reading a little on Edward's birthdays in recent years.

Been away a long time, but it's time to wrap this story up.

Getting a little frustrating. Various people died in improbably coincidental ways. It seems like they have a shared cause. That cause is central to the mystery at hand, yet the more clues we get the more it points to what this seemed to be about in the opening chapters. Like, spoiler, how many times do we need it emphasized that the rocks encountered are heavy? The rocks that came from the uranium mine guy?

Wondering where things are going with Mary... because she's consistently a kind of unappealing character, defined by selfishness, hostility, and mockery.

Picking up quickly now.

Starting to pick up some momentum and get interesting on a character level.

First read of the new year... need to finally finish this book, before I lose it again.