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I’m liking the second half much better. Really enjoying the author’s take on tarot reading

The author just called Guinevere faithless.
Excuse me?! She purports to be referencing the older Welsh texts and there is no love triangle in the old texts.
I have always felt like Guinevere gets a bad rap so this is not sitting well with me. On the pro side, there was a cool guided meditation earlier in the chapter.

I’m really enjoying the folklore and historic parts, but the modern practice parts tend to have a patronizing tone that I find annoying. Also smudging is a Native American practice. Using that word to describe smoke cleansing in a book about Druidry is culturally appropriative. This has been discussed in the New Age community since the 90s, so the author should’ve known better.

“Bad dead. No treat.”
😂

Love this

Loving this

Loving the descriptions of Acorn growing together as a community. Not looking forward to things getting more apocalyptic. Not sure I will be able to read more, given the trigger warnings.
Audiobook narration is excellent.

Phenomenal

Waited way too long to read this. It’s so beautiful.

I’m not liking Cameron, so I’m shelving this for awhile

I love the dry wit of the octopus.

Tova is a great character.

Not sure how I feel about Cameron

Really enjoying this story but she needs to stop procrastinating about telling him about the article

The screenwriter just apologized for being a pompous ahole, so that’s refreshing

The MC just said writers are happy to find out what people really think about their work but only if it’s positive and that is patently untrue. If we’ve written something that isn’t working, most of us want to know. She goes on to talk about the best way of giving constructive criticism to her writing students so she obviously means famous screenwriters not all writers, but it’s annoying

Too much telling— I would like to actually see the developing friendships between the striking students instead of being told they all got close.

Really really dislike how Robin has embraced indiscriminate violence and is taking no responsibility for the consequences of his actions. He blames the government for refusing to capitulate. Violence is not the only option. He’s wrong about that and his lack of concern for the people who will die because of his actions is appalling.

I do enjoy the footnotes, but some of them are heavy handed
I like a good textbook, but that’s not what makes a good novel

WHY does everything go to hell every time things start to look hopeful?

How does killing off the best characters serve the story?
It’s overwhelming

The audiobook is brilliantly narrated.

I was really hoping Mr. Collins would get a redemptive arc but he’s just cringingly sycophantic and I can’t see how Charlotte will get a happy ending. It’s beautifully introspective but melancholy.