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Writing with such emotional restraint is boring and reminds me why I dislike a lot of 60s/70s Irish authors

Reading this on my Kindle but changing the edition to the hardcover one because the ebook cover is truly terrible!

Excited for this to be over (which is an awful thing to say about a book, I know).

The folklore interludes make everything even slower than it already is.

Not sure how I feel about the second person narrative

Finally submitting to the hype...

Watching The Odyssey has put me back in my Greek mythology phase (this happens at least once a year)

When the AI is designed by a woman 💅

This scene was so cringy, I'm glad this book is nearly over 😩

Very unsettled by where this is going

On a bit of a mystery/thriller buzz at the moment

The magic of Ancient Egypt never fails to captivate me

I haven't forgot about this...

"The girlbosses need rest and relaxation." I die inside every time I read 2010s slang in a book.

I went through such a Kirino phase in 2021 - when I saw this was out I had to download it immediately.

I'm obsessed with this. Three interlinked fantasy settings based on pre-Christian Ireland, Ancient Egypt and the Roman Empire. This book was written for me.

Random use of Irish?! 😍 I knew there was a point of learning this language for 14 years (to understand 3 sentences in a fantasy novel)

I keep seeing this book come up as a recommendation in aesthetic reels...I'm not sure if it's my thing but I can't resist anymore.

Halloween seasonal reading is finally beginning 👻

What is happening in this book 😭

The more I read about the British colonisation of the North of Ireland, the angrier I get. The parallels with Palestine are palpable.

I had this reserved at the library but the instant gratification of the ebook calls me

What is even the point of Ned's story?

So hard to empathise with Ned when he's a Cromwell supporter :/

The lack of capitalisation for the names of religions?? What editor let this go to print...

So boring but I'm going to power through the last quarter 😓

It's sending me over the edge that there's a character named Homer Simpson in this book (published 1939)

Why are Murakami's sex scenes always so WEIRD 😭

I know the unseen majority of Howard's class wish he'd shut up and actually teach them 😭 they don't care about your WW1 fixation, they want a sample essay on Martin Luther

Are you even at the airport if you're not reading Marian Keyes