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Very interesting to see how Guerrero was hated by a lot of people but still came out in top because of his genius. Mi rey

“I never claimed not to be despicable, too.”

If this is the love triangle my friend was talking about, I swear.

Sisa ml 💔

“But virtually the same conditions that were giving impetus to the separatist movement in Spain’s North American viceroyalty, were also widening the breach between the mother country and her subjects on the southern continent.”
Let’s go rebels let’s go

The caste system worked differently than I realized - pure natives were treated better than those mixed with Spanish blood, which is surprising.

Interesting worldbuilding, but I can’t say I’m impressed yet. It’s like they were trying too hard to make a fantasy rip-off of the Hunger Games make sense. Cringing at the romance hint we’re already getting too. Willing to continue giving this a chance though — I hope I don’t regret it…
Getting major Sirius and Regulus Black vibes from Hendrey and Alistair.

Interesting section spotlighting the injustices of the Spanish crown:
- They did not pay the tobacco planters the full price for their tobacco; in fact they paid an extremely low price and then manufactured it or resold it from there (presumably at a higher price)
- They however did not impede the cattle business (because it wasn’t up to par with Spain’s at the time anyway).
- More notes but character limit

Lovely to see that faculty of UT Austin assisted with this book :)

“Quos vult perdere Jupiter dementat prius.”

The corruption becomes incredibly apparent :( It makes me sad to see how the Catholic Church was acting

Ahh

Fritz dude yes

Fritz dude…no

“He looked worse than sad — it was like he’d simply accepted what the state was doing to his life. He’d given up.”

LET’S GO SIBLINGS LET’S GO

“He looked worse than sad — it was like he’d simply accepted what the state was doing to his life. He’d given up.”

LET’S GO SIBLINGS LET’S GO

“He wanted me to tunnel into the west. To freedom. To him.”

NO NO GERTA WAIT GERTA-

“‘You’ve seen the sun, Anna. Now that you have, could you ever be content with just the stars for light? Would that be enough for you?’”

Anna and Gerta my tragic girls

“If she suddenly pulled a mask from her face revealing a Stasi officer in disguise, I wouldn’t have been any more surprised than I already was.”

This middle grade book should
not be making me feel so much

“Viktor and I used to be friends. He was a good guy…once.”

Why does this middle grade book make me want to sob

“That file means I have no chance in life, none. They’ve already determined that I will fail.”

The Stasi was doing all that?! I knew they were bad but holy moly

“He was digging.
Papa wanted me to dig.”

It is still chilling to me to think about how many people tried to cross the wall in just that way and were killed.

I’m sure the book will have a happy ending and the family will be reunited, but I worry what obstacles they’ll face trying to do this.

“Courage isn’t knowing you can do something; it’s only being willing to try…”

I’m excited for Peter but also worried about his family.

“Old sins have long shadows.”

The book is heavily implying that the teacher murder is for sure what Joyce saw. I hope that this doesn’t turn out to be a trick 😭😭 Nora though…I wonder what happened to Nora.