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Uuuuuhhhhh. This book is so tedious.

I read this book a million times between 4th and 7th grade. Just started reading it to my daughter! Also just found out that it's been made into a movie that looks to be completely different...

We started this morning and have already read almost half. I think this is my daughter’s record for not wanting me to stop reading!

Read this many times when I was little. I think the last time was as a teenager about 20 years ago. Now reading it with my kid! Yay!

The kid is super into it this time! I guess she just wasn’t old enough last time we tried,

Uh, I actually had to skip a whole section of this when reading aloud to the Kid because of some pretty icky racism. #surprisednotsurprised

I never read this as a kid, but my daughter and I are both greatly enjoying it now. Halfway through, and cannot wait to see what happens next!

Just reached the part where the movie ended. Uncharted waters!!!

I can see why many people have problems with the writing style, but I am actually really enjoying it.

That contract. OUCH!

Shaky start, writing-wise, but it started to hit its stride around the quarter mark. And it’s getting pretty adorable too!

This book is like a series of random dreamy bits strung together, with hardly any narrative drive and even less context. And that's saying something, since I've already read the "companion" novel!

This is still kind of dumb, but I've made it halfway through so I guess I'll stick with it...

This is... kind of dumb so far.

The writing style and the "mannerpunk" here remind me a lot of Ellen Kushner's Swordspoint, even though the aesthetics are totally different. Not surprised to see that Kushner blurbed this book!

This is... a bit much. Haven't decided yet whether to continue, but it does seem a pretty quick read for a nearly 500p book.

I'm supposed to be buddy-reading this, but so far I do not like it... :/

Got the hardcover. SO much better now.

I'm having trouble following this due to formatting issues with my eARC. Think I may need to resume with a hardcover copy.

Mary Beth Mayfair FTW! I am still loving the late-19th/early-20th century section of the family history.

Julian Mayfair FTW! I really loved the late-19th/early-20th century section of the family history.

Dated, but engrossing. It's hard to beat Anne Rice when it comes to old-school atmosphere.
Too bad some of the weirdly pro-life stuff in this book certainly presaged Rice's later turn toward born-again Catholicism.

Oh man. This book has never met a simile it didn't like. The tone is also reminding me of, like, Sandman Slim. In a bad way.

This is hella awesome so far.

The Maze Dreamer section was cool, but otherwise "Part Two" of this kind of book fell apart for me. Heading into "Part Three" with hopes that it will improve, or at least match up to the quality of "Part One" (a pretty strong opening).

Some interesting reveals and developments, but overall this is pretty boring compared to Book 1...