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New word: Denouement
(Noun) 18th century French: The final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.

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Photography was magic. It could cheat time. It could capture a person as she existed within a single point. It made me realize we aren't a single self. We are a series of selves, layered a top each other like a stack of negatives.

Thea realized what she was truly seeing. The possibility of a world that she had never dared to imagine. The start of something fair, equal, and unmistakably good.

It’s only the first 12 chapters!! 😭

“If you’re done running through all the ways in which this isn’t possible, I would much appreciate if you could skip to the acceptance part so that we may get on with things.”

There are some really gross bugs in the world. 😟

And yes, she can have a small dog, as long as it’s one common to the 19th century. 😂

I’m not sure where this going yet.

Whoops! I got distracted by getting approved for 2 audiobooks on NetGalley! Then I remembered that Libby has a time limit, so I back to this one.

I’m enjoying it so far. A little slow beginning, but I’m getting to know the FMC really well. And it just started getting really interesting, so I’m hooked.

Too dark for me. DNF.

Nick: “she really knows how to eat a strawberry. Why don’t you eat fruit like that?”
Kate: “fruit is not my thing. Watch me eat an In N Out burger sometime.”
🤣🤣

Jake: Where’s your hand grenade?
Kate: I don’t have a hand grenade.
Jake: What happened to the one I gave you for Christmas?
Kate: I forgot about that.

This is kind of awful so far. I feel so bad saying that!

It’s not terrible.

Hilarious!! I’m starting to really enjoying the other characters, as well. LOVE her dad, Jake. And the recurring actor, Boyd. So funny.

I’m determined to finish this before Thursday!!!

It’s really good. I can’t decide who to believe!!

I am loving this book! Great narrator, great characters. Very Upstairs Downstairs, but with murder.

“I’m happy to disappear, letting my subjects voice shine through. I love to inhabit their lives, their minds”

“How good it feels to be around someone who really knows me. Understands my family and where I came from.”

“Never expected how easy it was for my father to ship me off to Switzerland when I was 14 and resume his life as if I’d been a phase. Fatherhood? I tried that once.”

A cleric is listening/collecting stories about the Empress. Interesting.

What am I going to do when there’s no more of these?! ☹️ they’ve been so perfect for chores. 🤩

A woman who can’t remember if she murdered her best friend. A podcaster that insists he’ll find the truth. I like it so far! The FMC is straight forward, and I like that.

The stuff this lady gets herself into!! 😆

I feel like I need to physically read his books, not listen. The narrator has this voice that almost drones and I’ll find that I’ve missed hearing words for minutes at a time. The story is interesting, even though I’m sure I’ve missed some key points.

What a great roadtrip listen!! I can’t wait to find out what’s really going on.

I have to admit, I started getting a little bored, feeling like I’m slogging through it. I’m hoping I’m on the cusp of an exciting ending.

I must say I’m enjoying this, despite the silliness of it. Swampshire? Worst town name EVER!! 🙄

I could see how some would find this book dry - the history of languages - but I’m finding it fascinating!