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I had forgotten that there were backstory chapters in this one two and I’m so happy. Lucas Corta the man that you are

I wish this book had more bite to it. Let the toxic ex be toxic, why is he apologising

Gah I love this book so much. The world building. The personalities. The machinations.
The prose is so clinical; we are outsiders looking in, inferring internal worlds and motivations from action, and yet it’s still so compelling. And Adriana Corta’s backstory chapters are especially brilliant. So good.

I love this world sm, you could just sink your teeth into it

Starting again, reading it aloud is the best way to consume this book I think

I told my Austrian friend that I was listening to Don Quixote and she balked at my pronunciation lol

The book so far has been whimsical, over-the-top, with outlandish claims and cartoonish violence. And now all of a sudden, without changing tone at all, Don Quixote and his squire come across three bodies hanging in the woods, then get surrounded and robbed by a gang, and the narrator cheerfully considers them also being flayed. Very game of thrones if not for the persistent joviality, fascinating times