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Whoever changed the cover art to this abomination (instead of keeping the beautiful ebook cover art) for the physical release should be drawn and quartered. Otherwise very much enjoying this so far.

“We are not punished for our sins, we are punished by them”

Mostly just historical context so far but it is quite interesting. Nothing too controversial yet.

I can’t believe Edward having OCD makes this double the length of the original

I’m almost done and there is still no semblance of a final act… I can’t wait to write an essay of a review for this one.

For a book about dragons they seem to be kind of superfluous to the story. They seem to basically serve as decoration for the most part which is kind of lame.

Just because you take a bunch of normal things and give them hard to pronounce names doesn’t mean you’ve written good fantasy.

Here’s to hoping I finish this by the start of book club on Saturday

I didn’t realize how heavy this book was going to be…

So far it’s actually pretty good. I was afraid that the authors own theology and personal opinions were going to end up taking center stage but SO FAR she’s done a good job staying on topic and focusing on what Christian Nationalism is and not constantly interjecting her own opinions like one would on twitter.

“He gazed for a moment into the mirror and wondered about Vesper's morals. He wanted her cold and arrogant body. He wanted to see tears and desire in her remote blue eyes and to take the ropes of her black hair in his hands and bend her long body back under his. Bond's eyes narrowed and his face in the mirror looked back at him with hunger.”

I wasn’t prepared for James Bond to have smut in it…

This book’s going to get an essay of a review…